Anti-Missile system and method

1. An anti-missile system, comprising:

a ground-based sensor array suitably configured to provide tracking data of a guided missile tracking a target;

a control node coupled to the ground-based sensor array, wherein the control node generates targeting data from said tracking data; and

at least one phased array directed-energy unit communicatively coupled to the control node, wherein the phased array directed-energy unit is suitably configured to irradiate the guided missile with electromagnetic radiation using targeting data received from the control node, and wherein the electromagnetic radiation is suitably adapted to at least partially disrupt an electronic component of the guided missile such that the guided missile at least one of discontinues tracking the target and diverges from the target.

2. The anti-missile system of claim 1 , wherein the ground-based sensor array comprises a plurality of infrared sensors.

3. The anti-missile system of claim 2 , wherein the control node receives tracking data of the guided missile from at least two of said plurality of infrared sensors, and wherein the control node processes the tracking data to triangulate at least one of a position and a vector of the guided missile.

4. The anti-missile system of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic radiation disrupts at least one of a guidance system electronic component and a sensor system electronic component of the guided missile.

5. The anti-missile system of claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic radiation further comprises modulated microwave radiation.

6. The anti-missile system of claim 1 , wherein the phased array directed-energy unit further comprises a self-contained power source.

7. The anti-missile system of claim 1 , wherein the control node is suitably configured to at least one of:

calculate a launch point of the guided missile from said tracking data; and

communicate a missile launch event to a target aircraft.

8. A method for at least one of preventing and otherwise impeding a guided missile from reaching a target, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a ground-based sensor array suitable adapted to provide tracking data of the guided missile tracking the target;

providing a control node suitably configured for communicating with the ground-based sensor array; and

providing a phased array directed-energy unit suitably configured to irradiate the guided missile with microwave radiation using targeting data received from the control node, wherein the microwave radiation is suitably adapted to disrupt at least one of a guidance system and a sensor system of the guided missile.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the ground-based sensor array comprises a plurality of infrared sensors.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising the steps of:

the control node receiving tracking data of the guided missile from at least two of said plurality of infrared sensors, and

the control node processing tracking data to triangulate at least one of a position and a vector of the guided missile.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the microwave radiation is suitably adapted to disrupt at least one of a guidance system electronic component and a sensor system electronic component of the guided missile.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of modulating said microwave radiation.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of powering the phased array directed-energy unit at least in part from a self-contained power source.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of the control node calculating a launch point of the guided missile from the tracking data.

15. A method of disrupting the track of a guided missile, said method comprising the steps of:

providing a ground-based sensor array suitably configured to detect a launch of the guided missile, wherein said ground-based sensor array produces tracking data corresponding to the guided missile tracking a target;

providing a control node suitably configured to process the tracking data from the ground-based sensor array to provide targeting data;

providing a phased array directed-energy unit suitably configured to irradiate the guided missile with microwave radiation using the targeting data received from the control node, wherein the microwave radiation is suitably adapted to disrupt at least one of a guidance system and a sensor system of the guided missile such that the guided missile at least one of discontinues tracking the target and diverges from the target.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the ground-based sensor array comprises a plurality of infrared sensors, and the method further comprises the steps of:

the control node receiving the tracking data of the guided missile from at least two of the plurality of infrared sensors, and

the control node processing the tracking data to triangulate at least one of a position and a vector of the guided missile.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the step of said microwave radiation disrupting at least one of a guidance system electronic component and a sensor system electronic component of the guided missile.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the step of modulating said microwave radiation.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the step of powering the phased array directed-energy unit at least in part from a self-contained power source.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising the step of said control node calculating a launch point of the guided missile from the tracking data.