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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1983
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1981
Alan C Baker, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
John E Roach, Jr, Alexandria, VA (US);
Brunswick Corporation, Skokie, IL (US);
Abstract
A spin-stabilized spherical jet-propelled missile is disclosed for use in combination with a launching apparatus which includes rotary means for rotating the missile and release means for releasing the missile after a period of initial spinup. The missile includes a housing, an exhaust nozzle on the housing, and a pressure chamber within the housing in communication with the exhaust nozzle. A single explosive compound is disposed as a singular mass within the housing and has a burn surface exposed in the pressure chamber. An impact fuze is disposed on the housing remote from the burn surface of the explosive compound for detonating the explosive compound on impact of the missile. Initial burning of a portion of the explosive compound at said burn surface is effective to drive gases through the exhaust nozzle and to the rotary means of the launching apparatus during spinup, and during flight of the missile, and the fuze is effective to detonate the remainder of the explosive compound on subsequent impact of the missile. The single explosive compound comprises a double based propellant including a high energy plasticizer, such as a nitrated plasticizer, in combination with a high explosive, such as an HMX crystalline explosive, to give a relatively slow burn rate and a relatively high detonating rate.