Projectile with an obturator incorporating a motor

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1990-03-15

1991-05-07

Carone, Michael J.

Aeronautics and astronautics

Missile stabilization or trajectory control

Remote control

F41G 732

Patent

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050129910

ABSTRACT:
A tube-launched projectile includes an airframe with an open aft end, an optical fiber dispensing bobbin, and an obturator having a rocket motor attached to a hard point in the aft end of the airframe. The obturator forms a pressure vessel with insulated inner walls which contain rocket propellant and an igniter. An ejectable plug located in the rocket nozzle is expelled upon motor ignition.

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