Safer and simpler cluster bomb

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1986-09-30

1988-05-17

Brown, David H.

Ammunition and explosives

Drop bombs

Cluster type

102223, 102386, F42B 1350, F42B 2516

Patent

active

047443014

ABSTRACT:
The design of low cost, safe to use cluster bombs is a prime military objective of aircraft weaponization. Present barriers to cost and safety result from the needed complex dispersion system of the submunition cargo. Spin-up, propulsion of the submunitions, projection of the submunitions and cutting of the walls of the bomb require usually explosives or propellants and always involve complex designs, which are costly to fabricate. The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing for a novel, simple and inert ejection and adequate dispersion system of the submunition cargo, of multi-purpose, anti-tank, anti-personnel, incendiary bomblets wherein the bomblets are dispersed through the nose end and the aerodynamic forces of the air impinging on the high speed bomblets cause these to fan out and provide for an area coverage which is equivalent to that obtained by the prior more complex and costly dispersal systems.

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