the missile knows where it is at all
times it knows this because it knows
where it isn't by subtracting where it
is from where it isn't or where it isn't
from where it is whichever is greater it
obtains a difference or
deviation the guidance subsystem uses
deviations to generate corrective
commands to drive the missile from a
position where it is to a position where
it isn't and arriving at a position
where it wasn't n it now is consequently
the position where it is is now the
position that it wasn't and it follows
that the position that it was is now the
position that it
isn't in the event that the position
that it is in is not the position that
it wasn't the system has acquired A
variation the variation being the
difference between where the missile is
and where it wasn't if variation is
considered to be a significant factor
it too may be corrected by the GAA
however the missile must also know where
it was the missile guidance computer
scenario works as follows because A
variation has modified some of the
information the missile has obtained it
is not sure just where it is however it
is sure where it isn't within reason and
it knows where it was it now subtracts
where it should be from where it wasn't
or vice versa and by different
differentiating this from the algebraic
sum of where it shouldn't be and where
it was it is able to obtain the
deviation and its variation which is
called error