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US 7,412,916 B2Granted
Fixed deployed net for hit-to-kill vehicle
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorRichard M. Lloyd
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Abstract
A method of destroying a target includes positioning a hit-to-kill vehicle in the trajectory path of a target, and deploying a net including a plurality of rods held in a spaced relationship by the net for destroying the target in case the hit-to-kill vehicle misses the target.
Claims4
A method of destroying a target comprising:
- positioning a hit-to-kill vehicle in the trajectory path of a target;
- and
- deploying a net by an inflatable superstructure including a plurality of vanes and an inflatable ring, said inflatable superstructure maintaining said net in an extended deployed configuration, said net including a plurality of rods held in a constant spaced relationship with respect to one another in space by the net and the inflatable superstructure for destroying the target in case the hit-to-kill vehicle misses the target.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.