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US 4,433,626 AGranted
Underwater missile for use against submerged submarines
OwnerSven Landstr/o/ minventor
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An underwater missile for use against submerged submarines has a missile housing with a magnetic contact surface (2) at a foremost end portion intended to contact a submerged submarine. The magnetic contact surface is provided by two magnets (2',2") located in adjacency and with reversed magnetic polarity. A magnetically operated switching means (5) is positioned adjacent to the magnetic leakage field of the magnets, and is arranged to be operated when the leakage field is increased by means of a metallic object located within the magnetic field of the magnets. The operation of the switching means first detonates a small propellant charge (6) to impose a force to cause complete adherence between the magnetic contact surface of the missile and the outer surface of a contacted submarine, and then detonates a main explosive charge (7) intended to penetrate the submarine.
An underwater missile for use against submerged submarines, the missile comprising a missile housing having at a foremost end portion thereof, which is intended to contact a submerged submarine, a magnetic contact surface provided by two magnets located adjacent to each other in reversed magnetic polarity relation creating a field of magnetic leakage, and a magnetically operated switching means located adjacent to the magnetic leakage field from the magnets and arranged to be operated when the leakage field is increased because of a metallic object located within the magnetic field of the magnets, the operation of the switching means being arranged to trigger an explosive charge within the missile.
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