Fuzed Insensitive General Purpose Bomb Containing AFX-645

Abstract

The U.S. Air Force Wright Laboratory, Armament Directorate recently completed an in-house technology demonstration program. The program objective was to develop a general purpose bomb which can be stored as an Insensitive Munition (IM). The system developed integrates a modified FMU-139 fuze and a modified Mk-82 (500 lb.) bomb containing the insensitive high explosive AFX-645. Goals of the program include demonstration of a fuzed bomb which achieves 1.2 hazard classification and a non-fuzed bomb which achieves 1.6 hazard classification while maintaining the lethality of tritonal. The goals of this technology demonstration program have been achieved. Wright Laboratory has developed an insensitive high explosive for general purpose bombs, designated AFX-645, which is readily initiated by a modified version of the FMU-139.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA498683

Entities

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  • Alan C. Stewart
  • Gary H. Parsons
  • John D. Corley

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Bombs
  • Detonations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • General Purpose Bombs
  • High Explosives
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Standards
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Weapons

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