Spigot Intrusion
Abstract
The Chief inspector of Naval Ordnance (CINO) is the Safety Approving Authority for all munitions which are embarked on HM ships. CINO therefore has to be satisfied that embarked stores are adequately safe. This is largely a question of having sufficient confidence in how a store will behave in a range of normal and abnormal environments. Simplistically the process which is gone through to acquire much of this confidence is shown at figure I. Essentially it requires that all the threats which a munition could see throughout it's life are identified. Some will be disregarded as being incredible whilst for others the likely response will need to be ascertained. A range of tests will often be applied to establish whether the response is acceptable. If the response to the test is acceptable then all is well. If not then the store may need to be modified or redesigned to make the response acceptable. Alternatively the environment may need to be altered to eliminate or reduce the threat.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1994
- Accession Number
- ADA507131
Entities
People
- I. G. Wallace
Organizations
- Ministry of Defense