Destructive Expendables

Abstract

Phase II of the Laser Beamrider Countermeasures program is complete. Phase II consisted of static tests where antiaircraft missiles were exposed to detonating 4Omm and 7Omm warheads. All of the tested missiles received significant damage. Also some dynamic tests occurred where the effects of these detonating warheads on the flights of missiles were observed. For those tests where the detonations were properly timed the missiles failed to reach the target.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392902

Entities

People

  • Duane A. Warner
  • Gordon Schmidt
  • Mike Pershing
  • Stavros Androulakakis
  • William Lappert

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Aircrafts
  • Anti-Aircraft Missiles
  • Detonations
  • Dynamic Tests
  • Electronics
  • Expendable
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Fragmentation
  • Fragmentation Warheads
  • Rockets
  • Surveillance
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Battery Technology and Engineering
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy