Raytheon Company

Alliant Techsystems Inc.

Kelly D McHenry

David A Smith

Kim L Christianson

Frederick J Wagener

Robert S Becker

A projectile and method for the destruction of normally explosive targets and includes a projectile shell body containing a pyrogenically activated intermetallic reactive payload in the forward section of the shell and an amount of tracer material aft of the payload in the shell body for igniting the intermediate reactive payload. The tracer material is ignited by the shell propellant upon launch.

Projectile for the destruction of large explosive targets

A missile severance device for severing a structural surface member of a body is constructed of a pair of plate members separated by a collapsible liner member ring. An explosive charge is contained with the volume defined by the pair of plate members and the liner member ring. One of the plate members includes a booster explosive charge that serves to detonate the explosive charge so as to collapse the liner member ring and create a directed jet toward the structural surface member intended to be cut.

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Minnetonka, MN, United States of America

Kelly D McHenry