This study addresses the cooperative control problem of multi-missile systems. It proposed a two-stage control strategy, aiming at simultaneous attack from a group of missiles at a static target. The first stage adopts a special distributed consensus protocol in order for all missiles to asymptotically achieve a consensus of states. During the second stage, the local sightline control law allows the missiles to independently reach the target. The dynamic equation of the missile agent is normalised to a quasi-double-integrator model which is convenient for designing the consensus protocol. The proposed strategy is suitable for missiles of different speeds that have been self-organised without air operations centres. Two convincing simulation results are given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method.

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