EP0547937A1 - Verfahren zur Zerstörung eines Unterwassergegenstandes, insbesondere einer Seemine - Google Patents

Verfahren zur Zerstörung eines Unterwassergegenstandes, insbesondere einer Seemine Download PDF

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EP0547937A1
EP0547937A1 EP92403266A EP92403266A EP0547937A1 EP 0547937 A1 EP0547937 A1 EP 0547937A1 EP 92403266 A EP92403266 A EP 92403266A EP 92403266 A EP92403266 A EP 92403266A EP 0547937 A1 EP0547937 A1 EP 0547937A1
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Hervé André Kermorgant
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63G—OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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  • the present invention relates to a method of destroying an underwater object.
  • the invention relates more particularly to a method of destroying a bottom mine or a mooring mine.
  • the known methods for destroying a bottom submarine mine include a step of detecting and / or identifying the mine and a step of destroying the mine by means of a high explosive charge, for example order of 50 to 100 kg, deposited at a distance of a few meters from the mine to be destroyed by means of an underwater vessel generally remote-controlled.
  • the mine After having proceeded to recover the submarine vessel on board a surface mine hunter vessel, the mine is destroyed by causing the charge to explode, the shock wave of which causes the explosion of mine by influence.
  • Orin mines are destroyed by a similar method of detection and / or identification which is followed by a destruction step consisting in hanging on the orin a pyrotechnic shear which is put in place by means of a submarine vessel. remote-controlled or wire-guided sailor.
  • the pyrotechnic actuation of the shears is caused by remote control from the surface vessel.
  • a process according to this principle is for example described in the document MARINE ENGINNERS RE-VIEW (volume 604, October 1973, pages 33 - 34).
  • Document DE-A-3,626,434 has already proposed a method of the type mentioned above which comprises the use of means for detecting and / or identifying the object at a distance greater than a determined minimum distance.
  • safety a step of destroying the object, using a pyrotechnic charge whose explosion causes for example the explosion or the fragmentation of the mine, or the actuation of a pyrotechnic shear put in place on the rope of a rope mine, the destruction step consisting in using a charge which comes into contact with the object, then in causing the charge to explode.
  • This document proposes, for the implementation of the charge, to use an intermediate vessel of open water which includes detection and identification means and which drop charges on the mine.
  • this method has the disadvantage of causing a risk of destruction of the vessel of open water during the explosion of the pyrotechnic charge and the mine which follows.
  • the invention provides a method of destruction of the type mentioned above, characterized in that the charge is implemented using an underwater intermediate equipment previously placed on the bottom by a vessel submarine.
  • a charge within the meaning of the present invention can be either an explosive charge or a pyrotechnic shear.
  • FIG. 1 shows an underground mine MF as well as a gold mine MO.
  • the detection and / or identification of mines can be carried out using a remote-controlled underwater identification vehicle VI which is connected to a surface mine hunter CM .
  • the identification vehicle VI detects and identifies the MF or MO mines using known means of acoustic or visual identification such as for example a sonar or a camera.
  • the detection and identification information is transmitted to the mine hunter CM by a cable 10 when the identification vehicle VI is remotely guided, or by electroacoustic transmission means shown diagrammatically by a flow of waves in FIG. 1.
  • the step of detection and identification using the identification vehicle VI is carried out so that the latter remains at a safety distance DS from the mine it is in the process of identify, and this so as to avoid causing the mine to explode during the identification phase, an explosion which would result in the destruction of the vehicle VI.
  • the implementation of a CAM load is carried out indirectly from the underwater identification vehicle VI by means of an intermediate equipment EF dropped onto the bottom, for example by the vehicle VI or by the CM mine hunter.
  • the latter is a self-propelled tracked machine which can move on the bottom while carrying the load CAM.
  • the intermediate equipment EF is of course an equipment having weak acoustic and magnetic signatures which will allow it to be dropped near the mine MF with the load CAM without causing the early explosion of the mine.
  • the intermediate equipment EF dropped onto the bottom is equipped with a manipulator arm 14 which brings the load into contact with the mine MF.
  • the intermediate equipment EF comprises a catapult which allows the implementation by catapult of a load CAM, while, in the embodiment illustrated in the figure, the load CAM is a self-propelled self-propelled load launched from the EF intermediate equipment.
  • the intermediate equipment EF can be recovered prior to controlling the explosion of the pyrotechnic charge.
  • the intermediate equipment is not recovered, it will be noted that it is a so-called consumable member, the cost of which is relatively reduced insofar as it does not include costly means of detection and / or identification. of the mine.
  • the load can be wire-guided by means of an electrical or optical transmission cable, it can be acoustically guided or not be guided.
  • the mine hunter CM, or the identification vehicle VI which is located at a distance considerably greater than the safety distance DS, from information relating to the position of the mine and to that of the load determines the orders to forward to the latter to bring it near the mine.
  • the final destruction step that is to say the step of controlling the explosion of the pyrotechnic charge, whether it is an explosive charge, for example a hollow charge as illustrated in FIG. 6, or whether it is a charge for controlling the actuation of a pyrotechnic shear 18 to cut the chuck 20 of a chuck mine MO like this is illustrated in Figure 7.
  • the CAM charge can be destroyed, either after a certain time by means of timing means integrated into the charge, or by controlling its explosion from of the CM mine hunter.
  • the docking and hooking of a rope cutter 18 on a rope 20 is carried out according to the same processes as those which have been described above for bringing an explosive charge CAM into contact with an underground mine MF.
  • the CAM load can include an optical or acoustic sensor which allows it to automatically guide itself to come and land the MF underground mine, possibly marked beforehand.
  • the information coming from the sensor carried by the load CAM can also be transmitted to the mine hunter CM and the guidance orders are developed, automatically or manually, on board the CM mine hunter, then transmitted to the CAM load.
  • the identification vehicle VI which has moved back a distance greater than the safety distance DS, detects the position of the mine and of the charge optically or acoustically.
  • the images of the objects are transmitted to the minesweeper CM which develops manually or automatically the guidance orders which are transmitted to the load either by wire (not shown) or acoustically.

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FR2868038A1 (fr) * 2004-03-29 2005-09-30 Eca Societe Par Actions Simpli Dispositif d'observation d'objets sous-marins
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