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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
Applicants:
Christer Zätterqvist, Uppsala, SE;
Johan Friede, Hässelby, SE;
Inventors:
Christer Zätterqvist, Uppsala, SE;
Johan Friede, Hässelby, SE;
Assignee:
SAAB AB, Linköping, SE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 12/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an arrangement for discharging countermeasures from a carrier craft in the form of an aircraft or equivalent. The countermeasures are intended to be spread initially in the form of unit packs that, after they have left the carrier craft, are to screen the same from missiles approaching is guided by built-in sensors, or other threats. It is especially characteristic of the invention that the unit countermeasure packs are spread from the carrier transversely to the lying direction of the carrier craft.