Flat-sided warhead
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
InventorsGeorge T. Boswell, William G. Rueb
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A warhead for use in air defense missiles has a flat-sided cross-sectional onfiguration which can be mass focused to direct an entire side onto a target. The warhead may be rotated about the missile longitudinal axis to properly orient a warhead side at the time of detonation.
Claims3
A warhead carried by a missile, said warhead being elongated and having a regular polygonal cross-section throughout its length, so as to form a plurality of elongated flat sides, whereby fragments from said warhead are mass focused in directions perpendicular to each of said flat side faces, the axis of said warhead coinciding with the centerline of said missile;
- means to continuously spin said warhead about said axis;
- and
- fuzing means to fire said warhead when one of said faces is oriented toward a target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.