Abstract: A hyperspectral detection and seeking system for use in air-to-air, air-to-ground and ground-to-air missiles. The hyperspectral detection and seeking system includes a hyperspectral imaging system and a tracking system. Hyperspectral signatures for targets of interest may be either observed directly prior to launch or preloaded into the detection and seeking system. A tracking system provides for tracking of a target matching the preloaded or hyperspectral signature observed prior to launch. The hyperspectral detection and seeking system thus provides relatively higher precision for detecting and seeking targets with hyperspectral signatures. Since such hyperspectral signatures are formed from literally hundreds of spectra, the system is virtually immune to countermeasure since any countermeasures would effectively have to match its own hyperspectral signature over a relatively wide spectral range.