# US 7,143,698 B2 · Tandem warhead

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- Number: US 7,143,698 B2
- Document ID: US7143698B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/129,256
- Filed: 2005-05-13
- Published: 2006-07-27
- Granted: 2006-12-05
- Earliest claimed: 2002-08-29
- Assignees: Raytheon Company
- Inventors: Richard M. Lloyd
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7143698B2

## CPC

- F42B 12/205: {for attacking aerial targets}
- F42B 12/22: with fragmentation-hull construction
- F42B 12/60: the submissiles being ejected radially
- F42B 12/64: the submissiles being of shot- or flechette-type
- F42B: EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION (explosive compositions C06B; fuzes F42C; blasting F42D)

## Abstract

A method for attacking a target, the method including first, deploying a plurality of projectiles in the trajectory path of the target, and second, positioning a blast fragmentation warhead proximate the target and initiating the blast fragmentation warhead so that any portions of the target which survive the blast fragmentation warhead are destroyed by the projectiles.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for attacking a target, the method comprising:
first, deploying a plurality of projectiles in the trajectory path of the target; and
second, positioning a blast fragmentation warhead proximate the target and initiating the blast fragmentation warhead so that any portions of the target which survive the blast fragmentation warhead are destroyed by the projectiles.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which the projectiles deployed are cylindrical.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2 in which the projectiles deployed have at least one end which is pointed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 in which the projectiles have a non-cylindrical cross section.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 in which the projectiles have a star-shaped cross section.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4 in which the non-cylindrical cross section projectiles have pointed end.