Self-propelled vehicle for destroying ground mines

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1961-01-30

1980-04-29

Farley, Richard A.

Communications, electrical: acoustic wave systems and devices

Echo systems

Returned signal used for control

367 88, 367106, G01S 966

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ABSTRACT:
1. Apparatus for destroying a ground mine lying proud on the ocean floor prising a self-propelled dirigible underwater vehicle carrying an explosive charge and having a catacoustic system for steering said vehicle in the azimuthal direction of a sound reflecting object, diving control surfaces carried by said vehicle, means for developing a control signal representative of the departure of the vehicle from a selected distance above the ocean floor, means responsive to said control signal for operating said diving control surfaces, and means responsive to a certain change in magnitude of said control signal within a selected time interval for releasing said explosive charge.

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patent: 2632038 (1953-03-01), Hofstadter
patent: 2853824 (1958-09-01), Schutz et al.
patent: 2991742 (1961-07-01), Steinberg
patent: 3005973 (1961-10-01), Kietz

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