Ballistically actuated wellbore tool

A method of positioning a ballistically actuated plug within a wellbore, comprising:

• moving a ballistic interrupt from a closed state to an open state, wherein the ballistic interrupt is positioned between an initiator and a donor charge, and wherein the ballistic interrupt prevents initiation of the initiator by the donor charge when the ballistic interrupt is in the closed state, and wherein the donor charge is in ballistic communication with the initiator when the ballistic interrupt is in the open state;
• initiating the donor charge;
• initiating with the donor charge the initiator, wherein the initiator is positioned in an axial bore of a ballistic carrier, and wherein the ballistic carrier is housed within a hollow interior chamber of an outer carrier;
• initiating with the initiator a ballistic component;
• dislodging a seal disk from the hollow interior chamber of the outer carrier upon initiation of the ballistic component;
• and
• expanding the outer carrier from an unexpanded state to an expanded state upon initiation of the ballistic component, wherein an outer surface of the outer carrier is dimensioned for sealingly contacting an inner surface of a wellbore casing when the outer carrier is in the expanded state.

A ballistically actuated plug for being deployed in a wellbore casing, comprising:

• an outer carrier, the outer carrier including a first end opening at a first end and a second end opening at a second end opposite the first end;
• a hollow interior chamber within the outer carrier and defined by the outer carrier, and extending from the first end to the second end of the outer carrier;
• an initiator positioned within the hollow interior chamber;
• a ballistic carrier positioned within the hollow interior chamber, wherein the ballistic carrier includes a body portion, a bore within the body portion and defined by the body portion, and one or more ballistic slots on an outer surface of the body portion and extending into the body portion;
• one or more ballistic components;
• and
• a seal disk provided within the hollow interior chamber between the first end opening and second end opening and dimensioned to seal against an inner surface of the hollow interior chamber;
• wherein each of the one or more ballistic components is positioned at least in part within a corresponding one of the one or more ballistic slots,
• the initiator and the one or more ballistic components are relatively positioned for the initiator to initiate the one or more ballistic components;
• the ballistic carrier is formed from a fragmenting or disintegrating material;
• the hollow interior chamber extends from the first end opening to the second end opening and 1s open to each of the first end opening and the second end opening;
• and
• the one or more ballistic components include an explosive charge configured to expand the outer carrier from an unexpanded form to an expanded form in order to create a seal against the wellbore casing upon initiation of the one or more ballistic components, the one or more ballistic components are further configured to dislodge the seal disk from the chamber upon initiation of the one or more ballistic components.