Masking material and use of the material to mask a target and ammunition for disseminating such masking material
AssigneeMecar, SociéTé Anonyme
InventorNicolas Perrot
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Abstract
Disclosed is a masking material intended to be disseminated by an ammunition or a launcher to create a cloud that masks a target with respect to electromagnetic radiation in a given wavelengths range. This material contains at least one aluminium oxyhydroxide, such as boehmite or pseudoboehmite. Also disclosed is an ammunition enabling the dissemination of such masking material and the use of aluminium oxyhydroxide, such as boehmite or pseudoboehmite as a masking material that can be disseminated by an ammunition.
Claims14
A method of masking a target with respect to electromagnetic radiation in a range of given wavelengths, comprising:
- providing aluminium oxyhydroxide as a masking material;
- and
- disseminating the masking material by an ammunition or launcher.
Masking ammunition, comprising:
- a shell containing a masking material (3);
- and
- a pyrotechnical dissemination charge (4) that can be activated by a rocket (5),
- wherein the masking material (3) is configured to create a cloud ensuring masking of a target with respect to electromagnetic radiation in a given wavelengths range, said masking material (3) comprising at least one aluminium oxyhydroxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.