Ammunition and explosives – Mines – Counter measure
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-20
2010-06-01
Chambers, Troy (Department: 3641)
Ammunition and explosives
Mines
Counter measure
C089S001130, C102S489000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07726244
ABSTRACT:
A method of destroying mines in a minefield buried under the surface includes deploying a munition including a plurality of kinetic energy rods each having a stabilizer into a position above the minefield and deploying the rods above the minefield to fall towards the minefield each aligned along a velocity vector to penetrate the surface and destroy the mines.
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