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We first introduce an SCM-based JTC method, where the SCM is used to generate the predicted high range resolution profile (HRRP) with the information of the target aspect angle, and target classification is implemented through the data correlation of observed HRRP with predicted HRRPs. To solve the problem of multi-target JTC in the presence of clutter and detection uncertainty, we then integrate the SCM-based JTC method into the CBMeMBer filter framework, and derive a novel SCM-JTC-CBMeMBer filter with Bayesian theory. To further tackle the complex integrals\u2019 calculation involved in targets state and class estimation, we finally provide the sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) implementation of the proposed SCM-JTC-CBMeMBer filter. 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