Munition with directional projection explosive

A munition comprising:

• a housing having a longitudinal axis;
• and
• an explosive charge in the housing, the explosive charge including a first explosive located at a center of the explosive charge with wider portions above and below a central detonation point and a second explosive spaced radially outward and on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis and the first explosive, wherein the first explosive has a relative low detonation velocity that is lower than the second explosive's relatively high detonation velocity;
• wherein detonation of the first explosive at the central detonation point and then detonation of the second explosive propels the fragments radially outward in a pattern;
• wherein said explosive charge propels the fragments in a more uniform pattern than the same explosive charge having a single explosive in the housing.

A munition comprising:

• a housing having a longitudinal axis;
• an initiator positioned aft of the housing an explosive charge including a first explosive with a relatively low detonation velocity and a second explosive with a relatively high detonation velocity positioned end-to-end along the longitudinal axis, the relatively low detonation velocity being lower than the relatively high detonation velocity, the first explosive coupled to the initiator, the first explosive embedded in the second explosive in an aft portion of the housing, said second explosive positioned forward of the first explosive to fill a forward portion of the housing;
• and
• a curved metal layer in contact with a forward surface of the second explosive, said curved metal layer configured to form a single shaped-charge jet (SCJ) or a single explosively-formed penetrator (EFP) upon detonation of the first and then second explosives;
• wherein the initiator creates a spherical detonation wave that propagates through the first explosive;
• wherein the second explosives shapes the spherical detonation wave to form a planar detonation wave that contacts the curved metal later to form the single SCJ or single EFP.