NOVEL 3-DIMENSIONAL DIFFERENTIAL GAME AND CAPTURE CRITERIA FOR A BANK-TO-TURN MISSILE

The formulation and solution of a new pursuit-evasion differential gam e are presented in this paper. Considering the game as a ''game of kin d,'' in Isaacs' terminology, capture criteria are established in terms of the game parameters for a faster bank-to-turn pursuer engaging a s lower but more maneuverable evader in three-dimensional space. This pa per covers the range of players' speed ratio for which the barrier sur face is of the ''classical'' type, i,e., with tangential termination o n the target set.