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US 12,173,996 B2Granted
Munitions and methods for operating same
AssigneeCorvid Technologies LLC
InventorsSean Kevin Treadway, Michael John Worsham, Michael Brian Rauls, Erik Charles Wemlinger
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Abstract
A warhead includes a tubular warhead body including a plurality of serially arranged preferentially fragmenting projectile rings, and warhead high explosive in the warhead body.
Claims27
A warhead comprising:
- a tubular warhead body including a plurality of serially arranged preferentially fragmenting projectile rings;
- a warhead high explosive in the warhead body;
- an outer warhead subassembly defining a core slot, the outer warhead subassembly including:
- the warhead body;
- and
- the warhead high explosive;
- and
- an axial core subassembly mounted in the core slot and including:
- an axial core tube formed of a non-explosive material;
- a forward effector in or on the axial core tube;
- and
- an axial core high explosive disposed in the axial core tube and operative, when detonated, to drive the forward effector.
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A munition comprising:
- a munition platform;
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- a warhead on the munition platform for flight therewith, the warhead including:
- a tubular warhead body including a plurality of serially arranged preferentially fragmenting projectile rings;
- and
- a warhead high explosive in the warhead body;
- an outer warhead subassembly defining a core slot, the outer warhead subassembly including:
- the warhead body;
- and
- the warhead high explosive;
- and
- an axial core subassembly mounted in the core slot and including:
- an axial core tube formed of a non-explosive material;
- a forward effector in or on the axial core tube;
- and
- an axial core high explosive disposed in the axial core tube and operative, when detonated, to drive the forward effector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.