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US 7,415,917 B2Granted
Fixed deployed net for hit-to-kill vehicle
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorRichard M. Lloyd
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Abstract
A warhead including a hit-to-kill vehicle and a hub about the hit-to-kill vehicle including, packaged therein, a net and a plurality of rods held in a spaced relationship by the net for destroying a target when the net is deployed in the vicinity of the target in case the hit-to-kill vehicle misses the target.
Claims4
A warhead comprising:
- a hit-to-kill vehicle;
- and
- a hub about the hit-to-kill vehicle including packaged therein:
- a net,
- an inflatable superstructure including a plurality of vanes and an inflatable ring for deploying the net, and
- a plurality of rods attached to the net held at a constant spaced relationship with respect to one another in space by the net and the inflatable superstructure for destroying a target when the net is deployed in the vicinity of the target in case the hit-to-kill vehicle misses the target.
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