US 5,844,159 A · Method and system for destroying submerged objects, in particular submerged mines

Abstract

The invention consists, after launching (1) a vehicle (9), in guiding (2) the vehicle (9) towards the mine (5; 6) by means of a sonar coupled to a tactical control station (12) of a hunter (8), fulfilling the functions of classification and permanent monitoring of the position of the vehicle (9) relative to the mine (5; 6), in releasing a locating means (13), carried by the vehicle (9), once the vehicle (9) has arrived at a determined distance from the mine (5; 6), making it possible to fulfil a target designation function by interacting with the vehicle (9) and the tactical control station (12) of the hunter (8), then in communicating (3) to the vehicle (9), by means of the tactical control station (12), the navigation parameters necessary for its attack strategy as a function of the type of mines (5; 6) encountered, and its position referenced by the fixed locating means (13), and in destroying (4) the mine (5; 6) according to the attack strategy acquired by the vehicle (9).

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Dependent claims

Method for destroying submerged objects, comprising the steps of:

guiding a remotely guided vehicle after launching towards a mine by means of a sonar coupled to a tactical control station of a hunter;
classifying the mine and monitoring the position of the vehicle relative to the mine;
releasing a locating means, carried by the vehicle, once the vehicle has arrived at a determined distance from the mine;
communicating to the vehicle, by means of the tactical control station, the navigation parameters necessary for the vehicle's attack strategy as a function of the mines encountered, and the vehicle's position referenced by the locating means;
and
destroying the mine according to the attack strategy communicated to the vehicle.

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System for destroying submerged mines, including a submerged, remotely guided vehicle carrying both underwater destruction devices and a locating means which is to be released by the vehicle in the vicinity of the mine comprising:

a classification sonar coupled to a tactical control station arranged on board a hunter wherein said sonar is for detecting and classifying the mine and the tactical control station is for guiding the vehicle and giving the vehicle parameters necessary for the vehicle to move as well as an attack strategy to be adopted in order to destroy the mine as a function of the mine encountered wherein the vehicle is consumable and includes transmission and reception means allowing the vehicle to communicate with the tactical control station of the hunter, a set of sensors, coupled to computation means integrated in the vehicle, for computing the trajectory to be adapted as a function of the parameters, continuously updated by the tactical control station, which relate to a position of the mine referenced by the locating means and are transmitted to the tactical control station by means of communication means provided in the vehicle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and system for destroying submerged objects, in particular submerged mines

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Method and system for destroying submerged objects, in particular submerged mines

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Abstract

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