EP0612656B1 - Procédé perfectionné de destruction d'un objet sous-marin, et notamment d'une mine immergée - Google Patents

Procédé perfectionné de destruction d'un objet sous-marin, et notamment d'une mine immergée Download PDF

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EP0612656B1
EP0612656B1 EP19940400219 EP94400219A EP0612656B1 EP 0612656 B1 EP0612656 B1 EP 0612656B1 EP 19940400219 EP19940400219 EP 19940400219 EP 94400219 A EP94400219 A EP 94400219A EP 0612656 B1 EP0612656 B1 EP 0612656B1
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Georges Paul Raymond Louis Lauvray
Hervé André Kermorgant
Alain Jean Thouvenin
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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
    • B63G7/00—Mine-sweeping; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63G7/02—Mine-sweeping means, Means for destroying mines
    • B63G7/08—Mine-sweeping means, Means for destroying mines of acoustic type
    • 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
    • B63G7/00—Mine-sweeping; Vessels characterised thereby
    • B63G7/02—Mine-sweeping means, Means for destroying mines

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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, using an underwater vehicle generally remote-controlled.
  • the mine After having carried out the recovery of the underwater vehicle on board a surface mine-hunting 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 detection and / or identification process which is followed by a destruction step consisting in hanging on the orin a pyrotechnic shear which is put in place by means of an under-vehicle. remote-controlled or wire-guided sailor.
  • the pyrotechnic actuation of the shears is triggered by remote control from the surface vessel.
  • French patent application FR-A-2 684 951 has proposed a method for destroying an underwater object, such as for example a bottom mine or a mooring mine, which comprises a step of detecting and / or identifying the object comprising the use of means of detecting and / or identifying the object at a distance greater than a determined minimum distance called safety, and a step of destruction of the object, using a pyrotechnic charge, the explosion of which causes for example the explosion or the fragmentation of the mine, or the actuation of a pyrotechnic shear put in place on the strand of a strand mine, the destruction step consisting, from an underwater intermediate equipment, having previously reached the bottom, of implementing a charge which approaches the object then of causing the charge explosion.
  • an underwater vehicle is used to install the underwater intermediate equipment on the bottom intended to implement the load.
  • the object of the present invention is to propose a method of destruction of the type described and represented in French patent application No. 91/15638, the implementation of which is more economical and which can avoid the need for an under-vehicle. sailor in addition to the surface vessel.
  • the invention provides a destruction method characterized in that the underwater intermediate equipment and the load constitute a destruction unit which is launched from a surface vessel, or an aircraft, and which rally the bottom along a path during whose movements are guided remotely from a guidance station.
  • the figure shows an MF underground mine. It is one of the two types of underwater mine that one may have to destroy during a hunting campaign against submerged mines, the other type being made up of orin mines.
  • the detection and / or the identification of an MF mine can for example be carried out using a remote-controlled underwater identification vehicle which is connected to or directly from a surface mine hunter CM.
  • the mine hunter surface vessel CM detects and identifies, for example, mines using known means of acoustic or visual identification such as, for example, a sonar or a camera.
  • the destruction of the MF mine is carried out, in accordance with the teachings of the invention, by means of a destruction unit UD which is shown diagrammatically in the figure as being constituted by downhole equipment EF and a charge CAM .
  • the assembly constituted by the destruction unit UD is launched from the mine hunter CM to which it is connected by a cable 10. During its rallying path from the bottom near the mine MF previously identified, the UD unit is remotely controlled from a control station on board the CM mine hunter which sends guidance instructions to the destruction unit by cable 10.
  • the destruction unit UD can be located from the surface by acoustic detection by means of the sonar equipping for example the mine hunter CM.
  • the destruction method according to the invention therefore comprises a phase of rallying the bottom at the end of which the destruction unit occupies the position illustrated, in phantom, in the figure in which it rests on the bottom near the MF mine.
  • the destruction process continues by implementing the CAM load from the bottom, so that it comes to dock the MF mine.
  • the implementation of the charge can be carried out, by means of the part EF, constituting the downhole equipment of the destruction unit UD, in different ways.
  • the EF equipment is for example a self-propelled tracked machine which can move on the bottom while carrying the self-propelled load CAM.
  • the downhole equipment can also be equipped with a manipulator arm which brings the load into contact with the MF mine.
  • the intermediate equipment EF can comprise a catapult which allows the catalytic implementation of a self-propelled load CAM, or the self-propelling load CAM can be a self-propelled load launched from the intermediate equipment EF of the destruction unit UD.
  • the driving force allowing the destruction unit to rally the bottom may be constituted by gravity or, as a variant, the destruction unit may include its own propulsion means, not shown, which may consist of a or several sub-assemblies which are recovered after the bottom-rallying phase, with a view to their subsequent re-use.
  • the cable 10 which allows the remote control of the destruction unit during the bottom rallying phase can also be used to then transmit data and command orders during the docking phase of the MF mine by the load. CAM.
  • the launching of the destruction unit from an aircraft, such as for example a helicopter, which deposits the destruction unit on the surface of the sea. at a certain distance from the surface vessel CM.
  • the mine could be marked beforehand.
  • the self-propelled load CAM may include an optical or acoustic sensor which allows it to automatically guide itself to come and approach the MF underground mine.
  • the information coming from the sensor carried by the load CAM can also be transmitted to the hunter CM, and guidance orders which are developed, automatically or manually, on board the mine hunter, are transmitted to the self-propelled load CAM.

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EP19940400219 1993-02-23 1994-02-02 Procédé perfectionné de destruction d'un objet sous-marin, et notamment d'une mine immergée Expired - Lifetime EP0612656B1 (fr)

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NO303625B1 (no) 1998-08-10
DE612656T1 (de) 1995-05-18
FR2701918A1 (fr) 1994-09-02
FR2701918B1 (fr) 1995-04-28
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