提高推进技术虽然标准的固体火箭发动机仍继续是空空导弹推进系统的主要部分,但目前生产中的火箭发动机相对几年以前的那些火箭发动机而言却有了许多变化。更快更均匀燃烧的推进剂使导弹的机动性和速度均有提高,因此,导弹的杀伤力也相应提高。正在发展中的一些带有重大变革性的推进技术可以比空空导弹应用的固体推进剂提供更大的好处。 Increasing propulsion technology While standard solid rocket motors continue to be a major part of the SAM system, there are many changes to the current rocket engines in production relative to those of rocket motors several years ago. Faster and more uniform combustion propellants improve the maneuverability and speed of the missiles and, as a result, the lethality of the missiles increases accordingly. Some of the most dramatic advances in propulsion technology under development offer greater benefits than solid propellants used in air-to-air missiles.