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US 7,017,496 B2Granted
Kinetic energy rod warhead with imploding charge for isotropic firing of the penetrators
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorRichard M. Lloyd
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Abstract
A kinetic energy rod warhead with imploding charges for isotropic firing of penetrators including a hull, a core in the hull including a plurality of individual penetrators, explosive charge sections in the hull about the core, and a detonator for each explosive charge section arranged to implode the core and isotropically deploy the penetrators.
Claims20
A kinetic energy rod warhead with an imploding charge for isotropic firing of penetrators comprising:
- a hull;
- a core in the hull including a plurality of individual penetrators;
- explosive charge sections in the hull about the core;
- and
- a detonator for each explosive charge section arranged to implode on the core and isotropically deploy the penetrators;
- said detonators simultaneously detonated in operation to trigger all or select explosive charge sections to implode on the core for isotropically deploying the penetrators.
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A method of isotropically deploying the penetrators of a kinetic energy rod warhead, the method comprising:
- disposing a plurality of individual penetrators in the core of a hull surrounded by explosive charge section;
- and
- detonating the charge sections to implode on the core and isotropically deploy the penetrators.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.