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US 4,655,139 AGranted
Selectable deployment mode fragment warhead
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorEarl E. Wilhelm
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Abstract
A fragmentation warhead having a main explosive and first detonator for selectively detonating the main explosive. The main explosive is encompassed by a coaxial detonation wave barrier, a secondary explosive layer on the wave barrier and a fragment layer on the secondary explosive. A second detonator is provided for selective detonation of the secondary explosive, and a fuze is provided for detonating either the first or second detonators depending upon sensed target parameters.
Claims5
A fragmentation warhead, comprising:
- a main explosive charge having a longitudinal axis;
- first detonating means for selectively detonating said main charge in a selected pattern;
- a coaxial secondary explosive layer encompassing the periphery of said main charge;
- a coaxial fragment layer encompassing the periphery of said secondary explosive layer;
- second detonating means for selectively detonating said secondary explosive layer in a selected pattern;
- a detonation wave barrier coaxially disposed between said main explosive charge and said secondary explosive layer, said wave barrier preventing the blast wave from one of said main explosive charge and said secondary explosive layer from detonating the other of said main explosive charge and secondary explosive layer;
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- fuze means for sensing a target and for selectively detonating one of said first and said second detonating means to generate a selected fragment pattern.
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