HIBAL Program Preliminary Warhead-Design. Volume I.

Abstract

This report presents the results of tests done under the Preliminary-Warhead-Design Task of the HIBAL Program. In this preliminary testing stage, basic engineering data were collected on the performance of various HIBAL-fragments, and various HIBAL-warheads. The results obtained from these tests will be used to provide warhead models for the 2nd phase of the HIBAL end-game-analysis effort. The warheads showing the greatest lethality (highest Pk) in the analysis will be selected for the design and fabrication of a set of prototype warheads for use in demonstration firings scheduled for the fall of 1980. The first year's effort in HIBAL consisted of a survey of aerospace contractors to identify potential HIBAL applications, creation of a HIBAL-fragment vulnerability-data-base, and a preliminary end-game analysis comparing numerous HIBAL 'paper' designs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1980
Accession Number
ADA092071

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  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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