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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1983
Claude Pirolli, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
A device for neutralizing military objects by means of sub-munitions released by a mother rocket onto mobile targets on the ground. Each sub-munition (1) is provided with a military charge (2) and a wide range sensor (3) and descends while suspended from a parachute and turns uniformly about a vertical axis of symmetry (10), the angle formed by the firing axis (5) and the vertical being constant. Superimposed upon this rotational movement of the sub-munition, the periodic oscillatory movement of an orientable mirror (14) permits varying the direction of the optical axis (8') with respect to the firing axis during the detection phases of a target and the guiding of the sub-munition towards the detected target. Thus at each oscillation period of the orientable mirror the complete image of the circular area on the ground is obtained. In the last phase of firing, when aimed at the target, the optical axis is maintained in the direction of the firing axis.