1. An automatic target recognition system comprising: means for providing a plurality of images; means for processing said images to identify one or more features thereof said means for processing said images including means for performing a random projection with respect thereto; means for counting each occurrence of each feature in an image as a vote, at least one of said features being a base signature, said means for counting each feature as a vote further including means for executing a shortest path QR algorithm; and means for using said vote to recognize a presence of an object of a particular class in said image.