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US 11,906,271 B2Granted
Method to combat a target
AssigneeBae Systems Bofors A B
InventorsBoyko Iliev, Peter Wetterskog, Thomas Pettersson
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Abstract
A method is provided to improve the impact point for at least one subsequent projectile fired towards a target, launched after an initial projectile, where the subsequent projectiles can alter their course, based on information on the previous projectiles' time of automatic detonation, to improve the ability to detect a target. A projectile and a fuse are also provided.
Claims9
A method to alter an impact point of a projectile launched at a target, comprising
- launching a first projectile at a target,
- launching a second projectile at the target, the second projectile having knowledge of a time when the first projectile will automatically detonate,
- detecting the target with the first projectile and transmitting target position information to the second projectile with the first projectile,
- automatically detonating the first projectile at an end of a programmed time period, and
- altering a course of the second projectile based on information regarding the time of automatic detonation of the first projectile.
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