Exploding missile

Details Exploding missile Exploding missile

1986-07-17

1987-09-08

Brown, David H.

Ammunition and explosives

Drop bombs

With drop-retarding means

102211, 102214, 102476, F42B 1300, F42B 102, F42B 2502

Patent

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046916369

ABSTRACT:
An exploding missile has a casing and a parachute attached to the casing for making it move in a predetermined direction relative to the casing after launch. A charge in the casing has a projectile-forming front face, facing forward in the travel direction. An antenna is provided on the casing behind the front face and charge and is displaceable between a retracted position wholly behind the charge and an extended position projecting laterally therefrom and directed at least generally forwardly in the direction past the charge. An actuator is connected between the casing and the antenna for moving same from the retracted into the extended position after launch of the missile. A controller including a receiver connected to the antenna and a detonator in the charge detects the distance to a target in front of the missile and explodes the charge when a predetermined distance is detected or the target is otherwise sensed. The antenna is deployed after launch in a position capable of scanning forward of the obstacle to the secondary projectile, when that goes off.

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