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US 8,127,686 B2Granted
Kinetic energy rod warhead with aiming mechanism
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorRichard M. Lloyd
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Abstract
An aimable kinetic energy rod warhead system includes a plurality of rods and explosive segments disposed about the plurality of rods. There is at least one detonator for each explosive segment. A target locator system is configured to locate a target relative to the explosive segments. A controller is responsive to the target locator system and is configured to selectively detonate specified explosive segments at different times dependent on the desired deployment direction of the rods to improve the aiming resolution of the warhead.
Claims11
An aimable kinetic energy rod warhead system comprising:
- a plurality of rods in a projectile core;
- explosive segments surrounding the plurality of rods;
- at least one detonator for each explosive segment;
- sympathetic shields between the explosive segments;
- a target locator system configured to locate a target aligned with a location between a sympathetic shield and the center of an explosive segment;
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- a controller, responsive to the target locator system, configured to sequentially selectively detonate specified individual explosive segments at different times to cause individual explosive segment shock waves which generate individual deployment vectors, the sum of which is a resolved deployment vector to deploy said plurality of rods from the projectile core at said target as aligned and thereby improve aiming resolution of the warhead.
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