EP1817539B1 - Charge militaire a diffusion sur zone etendue - Google Patents

Charge militaire a diffusion sur zone etendue Download PDF

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EP1817539B1
EP1817539B1 EP05857830A EP05857830A EP1817539B1 EP 1817539 B1 EP1817539 B1 EP 1817539B1 EP 05857830 A EP05857830 A EP 05857830A EP 05857830 A EP05857830 A EP 05857830A EP 1817539 B1 EP1817539 B1 EP 1817539B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/36—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information
    • F42B12/56—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect for dispensing materials; for producing chemical or physical reaction; for signalling ; for transmitting information for dispensing discrete solid bodies
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F42—AMMUNITION; BLASTING
    • F42B—EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
    • F42B12/00—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material
    • F42B12/02—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect
    • F42B12/20—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type
    • F42B12/22—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction
    • F42B12/32—Projectiles, missiles or mines characterised by the warhead, the intended effect, or the material characterised by the warhead or the intended effect of high-explosive type with fragmentation-hull construction the hull or case comprising a plurality of discrete bodies, e.g. steel balls, embedded therein or disposed around the explosive charge

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  • the subject invention relates to a warhead designed to simultaneously address multiple potential or actual threats.
  • the subject invention results from the realization that by packaging a large number of small munitions in a housing and designing an internal explosive charge to have a conical shape, the munitions are deployed into a hemispherical dome shaped pattern to more comprehensively address multiple potential or actual threats.
  • This subject invention features a warhead comprising a housing defining a cavity, an explosive charge in the housing, and a large plurality of individual munitions in the cavity of the housing about the explosive charge.
  • the explosive charge is configured to deploy the munitions upon detonation into a hemispherical dome shaped pattern.
  • Each said munition includes a munition core and a plurality of particles adhered to an external surface of the munition core designed to release from the munition core upon impact of the munition with a target.
  • the warhead housing includes a cylindrical body with first (base) and second (nose) end plates attached to the ends thereof.
  • the nose end plate is preferably dome shaped.
  • the preferred explosive charge is conical in shape tapering from a larger first end at the base to a smaller second end at the nose. It is also preferred to include a buffer such as foam material about the explosive charge.
  • the housing is toroid in shape.
  • the munitions can be made from materials including for example glass, metal, tungsten carbide, and a phenolic material, and typically there are 1,000,000 or more small spherical munitions in the housing.
  • the explosive charge may be an insensitive explosive.
  • the housing typically has a wall thickness of less than 0.0508 mm.
  • the munitions include a munition core and a plurality of particles adhered to an external surface of the munition core designed to release from the munition core upon impact of the munition with a target.
  • the munition core may be made of a dense material such as a tungsten carbide composition.
  • the particles can be micro particle in size and can be made of a brittle material such as glass.
  • the particles are attached to the munition core with an adhesive.
  • Warhead 10 Fig. 1 includes housing 12 defining a cavity therein filled with a large plurality of individual munitions 14 about lengthy centrally located explosive charge 16. Explosive charge 16 is configured to deploy the munitions upon detonation into a hemispherical dome-shape pattern as shown in Fig. 2 to address multiple potential or actual targets T.
  • cylindrical housing 12 is 0,9144-1,524 m long, in 0,9144 m diameter and has first 18 and second 20 end plates.
  • First end plate 18 constitutes the base of warhead 10 and is typically secured to housing body 22 after munitions 14 and explosive charge 16 are disposed therein.
  • Second end plate 20 may be integral with body 22, is typically dome shaped, and constitutes the nose of the warhead.
  • Thin (e.g. 0.0254 mm) aluminum may be used for housing 12 rendering it expendable upon detonation of explosive charge 16.
  • Munitions 14 may be small 0,381 cm diameter spherical particles made of brittle material such as tungsten carbide, glass, or a phenolic material or they may also be made of metal. Typically, there are between 1-5 million such munition particles disposed in housing 12. In another embodiment, the munitions are composite in design as discussed infra.
  • Explosive charge 16 may be an insensitive explosive such as PBXN109.
  • the preferred explosive charge is conical in shape having a 1,27 cm diameter proximate base 30 and a 0,635 cm diameter proximate nose 32. In this way, there is more explosive material at base end 30 than at nose end 32 creating a differential velocity of the particles along the longitudinal axis L of the warhead.
  • explosive charge 16 is 0,9144 m long.
  • Detonator 34 is typically a safe and arm initiation device.
  • Foam buffer liner 36 maybe disposed about explosive charge 16 to mitigate shock when explosive charge 16 is detonated by detonator 34.
  • Foam buffer 36 may be conical in shape to conform to conical shaped explosive charge 16.
  • Warhead 10 Fig. 2 is carried by a carrier vehicle such as a missile or other rocket powered vehicle into a position in space in front of multiple potential targets T, Fig. 2 .
  • the conical shaped centrally disposed explosive charge when detonated, creates a differential velocity between the munitions as shown in Fig. 2 so that the munitions proximate base 30 are deployed at a higher rate as shown in Fig. 2 than the munitions proximate nose 32.
  • Conical shaped explosive charge 16, Fig. 1 thus creates a hemispherical dome shaped pattern 40, Fig.
  • munitions 6,096 m radius or greater to address targets T when warhead 10 is deployed to a position in space in front of the trajectory path of a volume of targets as shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the spray pattern shown in Fig. 2 can spread hundred of meters generating multiple hits on targets T.
  • brittle material such as glass is used for munitions 14, they shatter upon impact with a target and break up into smaller particles which embed themselves.
  • Alternative housing 12', Fig. 3 is toroidal in shape as shown and includes cavity 60 which is filled with munitions 14 as shown in Figs. 4-5 .
  • Toroid shaped explosive charge 16' in this embodiment is also conical in shape due to the conical shape of cavity 60, Fig. 3 .
  • warhead 10' can be carried by vehicle 62, Fig. 5 with rocket motor 64.
  • a foam buffer material (not shown) may be incorporated in this design about explosive charge 16' as well to generate an impedance mismatch so the munitions do not shatter upon detonation of explosive charge 16'.
  • Fig. 6 shows that in computer simulation, if approximately 1 million munitions are present in warhead 10, Fig. 1 , at least one munition will strike each of 30 targets in a large radius.
  • munitions 14 in housing 12, Fig. 1 or 12', Figs. 2-5 are composite in configuration and are configured as shown for munition 14', Fig. 7 .
  • Small particles 70, Fig. 8 in accordance with the subject invention are glued or otherwise adhered to the external surface of munition core 72, Fig. 9 resulting in novel munition 14', Fig. 7 .
  • Particles 70 may be micro particle in size 400 microns in diameter, for example, and munition core 72 may be 3,175 cm in diameter. But, munition core 72 may be of various sizes and spherical in shape or any other shape. The same is true for particles 70: they may be spherical in shape but they also could be other shapes or random shapes or even flakes.
  • the core 72 carries the many smaller particles to enhance the particle density upon impact.
  • the smaller momentum particles 70 are typically epoxied on core 72 and fracture off during impact of the core with a target.
  • Such a munition can be used for soft targets because the core has the overall mass to penetrate and provide a hole for the smaller particles to go through. The smaller particles then create a dense spray pattern upon release from the core.
  • Munition 14', Fig. 10A is shown propelled to impact target 76 along path P.
  • munition 14' impacts target 76 Fig. 10B
  • the particles 70 break off munition core 72 as shown in Fig. 10C and create an exit opening generally larger than the entrance opening as shown in Fig. 10D .
  • the munition of the subject invention can also be used to destroy items or structure internal to target 76 but not necessarily directly in the direct path P, Fig. 10A of munition 14'. Unintended collateral damage which can occur in the case where munitions include explosives is minimized in accordance with the subject invention.
  • the munition core can be made of a dense material such as a tungsten carbide composition and the particles are made of a more brittle material such as glass.
  • An adhesive such as an epoxy may be used to adhere the particles to the munition core.
  • the final selection of the particles or the munition is determined by the kill requirements. The requirements are based on target thickness, impact velocity and target vulnerability.
  • munition core 72 Figs. 7 and 9 was a tungsten carbide composition 3,8 mm in diameter.
  • Particles 70 constituted 500-1,000 glass spheres each 400 microns in size attached to core 72 by an epoxy.
  • the shockwave S produced when core 72 strikes a target causes particles 10 to dislodge from core 72 and form the spray pattern shown in Figs. 10C-10D .
  • the size, shape and composition of the core will vary depending on the specific implementation, the deployment method, the lethality desired, and the type of target to be penetrated.
  • the warhead of the subject invention is designed to address multiple potential or actual targets.
  • the warhead may be used in conjunction with a conventional kill vehicle wherein the warhead of the subject invention is deployed first to address multiple potential threats and the kill vehicle is deployed second to target any actual threats revealed when the individual munitions of the warhead strikes the potential threats.

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Claims (17)

  1. Charge militaire (10), comprenant:
    un boîtier (12) définissant une cavité;
    une charge explosive (16) dans le boîtier; et
    une grande pluralité de munitions individuelles (14) dans la cavité du boîtier autour de la charge explosive, la charge explosive (16) étant configurée de manière à déployer les munitions (14) lors d'une détonation en un motif en forme de dôme hémisphérique, la charge militaire (10) étant caractérisée en ce que chacune desdites munitions (14) comprend un coeur de munition (72) et une pluralité de particules (70) qui sont collées à une surface externe du coeur de munition conçues pour se détacher du coeur de munition lors d'un impact de la munition avec une cible.
  2. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le boîtier comprend un corps cylindrique qui présente des première (18) et deuxième (20) plaques d'extrémité qui sont attachées aux extrémités de celui-ci.
  3. Charge militaire selon la revendication 2, dans laquelle ladite une plaque d'extrémité est en forme de dôme et constitue le nez (32) de la charge militaire.
  4. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle la charge explosive est de forme conique et s'amincit d'une première plus grande extrémité vers une plus petite deuxième extrémité.
  5. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre un amortisseur (36) autour de la charge explosive.
  6. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle le boîtier est de forme toroïdale.
  7. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites munitions sont de forme sphérique.
  8. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites munitions sont constituées d'un matériau comprenant le verre, le métal, le carbure de tungstène et un matériau phénolique.
  9. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle il y a 1.000.000 de munitions, ou plus, dans ladite cavité.
  10. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ladite charge explosive est un explosif insensible.
  11. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit boîtier présente une épaisseur de paroi qui est inférieure à 0,0508 mm.
  12. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle ledit coeur de munition est constitué d'un matériau dense.
  13. Charge militaire selon la revendication 12, dans laquelle ledit matériau dense est une composition de carbure de tungstène.
  14. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites particules sont constituées d'un matériau fragile.
  15. Charge militaire selon la revendication 14, dans laquelle ledit matériau fragile est le verre.
  16. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites particules sont attachées au coeur de munition à l'aide d'un adhésif.
  17. Charge militaire selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle lesdites particules ont la taille de microparticules.
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US11/030,455 US7717042B2 (en) 2004-11-29 2005-01-06 Wide area dispersal warhead
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