Reduced collateral damage bomb (RCDB) including fuse system with shaped charges and a system and method of making same
OwnerJames D. Ruhlman, Blake K. Thomasinventors
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Abstract
A reduced collateral damage bomb (RCDB) bomb casing is described and disclosed along with the system and method for making it. The RCDB bomb casing may be formed from conventional or penetrating warhead bomb casings. The RCDB bomb casing has a filler material/materials disposed on the interior walls that will assist in controlling the collateral damage caused by the finished bomb but not prevent the appropriate destructive power being delivered to a selected target. Further, the fusing system may include a shaped charge to control the ignition of the main explosive charge to control the amount of collateral damage when the bomb casing is filled with high explosives.
Claims15
A reduced collateral damage bomb casing system, comprising:
- (A) a tapering cylindrical shaped front section of the bomb casing that includes a closed front end and an open aft-end, and front section having a first interior opening, with the front section further having a progressively decreasing wall thickness from the front end to the open aft-end;
- (B) a substantially uniform cylindrical shaped rear section of the bomb casing that includes a front edge that interfaces with the aft-end of the front section, and open aft-end, and the rear section having a second interior opening, with the rear section further having a substantially uniform wall thickness from the front edge to the open aft-end, with the front and rear sections forming an integrated, single unit bomb casing and the first and second openings combining to form an interior cavity for the bomb casing;
- (C) high explosive material disposed in the interior cavity;
- (D) a fuse system receiving structure disposed within the interior cavity;
- (E) a plurality of fuse system types for disposition in the fuse system receiving structure one at a time, with each of the plurality of fuse systems containing a different shaped charge for igniting the high explosive material in a different controlled manner to control an amount of collateral damage cause by a bomb employing the bomb casing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.