Multiple shaped charge jet (SCJ) warhead

A warhead having a height H1 along an axis and a diameter D1, said warhead comprising:

• a main charge having a height H2;
• a liner on a top surface of the main charge, said liner having a plurality of recesses each having a diameter D2 and an apex angle less than 180°;
• a plurality of booster charges spaced apart on a bottom surface of the main charge and aligned to centers of the plurality of recesses;
• and
• an initiation system configured for multi-point initiation of the plurality of booster charges to detonate the main charge produce a plurality of detonation waves;
• wherein the liner is position within a defined range H2 from the plurality of booster charges in which 0.3<=H1/D1<=0.6 and 0.5<=H2/D2<=1.5 such that pairs of directly adjacent detonation waves constructively interfere to form elevated pressures at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner at the edges of the recesses to cut the liner and to form the recesses into a plurality of shaped charge jets (SCJs) that are propelled forward.

A warhead having a height H1 along an axis and a diameter D1, comprising:

• a main charge;
• a liner on a top surface of the main charge, said liner having a plurality of recesses;
• a plurality of booster charges spaced apart on a bottom surface of the main charge and aligned to centers of the plurality of recesses;
• and
• an initiation system including an inert housing having a single point initiation site and a plurality of tracks that connect the single point initiation site to the plurality of booster charges, explosive material in the plurality of tracks and a detonator at the single point initiation site, wherein initiation of the detonator produces detonation waves that travel through the explosive material in the tracks to initiate the plurality of booster charges to detonate the main charge and produce a plurality of detonation waves;
• wherein the liner is positioned at a defined range from the plurality of booster charges equal to a height H2 of the main charge along the axis in which 0.3<=H1/D1<=0.6 such that pairs of directly adjacent detonation waves constructively interfere to form elevated pressures at multiple locations on the back surface of the liner at a pressure between 110% and 200% of a detonation pressure of a single detonation wave to cut the liner and to form and propel forward a plurality of shaped charge jets (SCJs).