Pyrotechnical Safety of Aerospatiale Tactical Missiles - Application to Conventional Warhead

Abstract

This paper begin with a qualitative review of some past safety tests done on various AEROSPATIALE - in-service conventional warheads. The diversity of test configurations - fuel fire, bullet impact and sympathetic detonation - is shown, and, despite the difficulty of comparison with current standard tests, the situation is resumed. In a second part, the work on the second generation EXOCET - anti-ship warhead, for which safety specifications were defined, is described. The use of PBX explosive aspects of current AEROSPATIALE studies and developments from a safety point of view, are given.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA529543

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  • Alain Grave

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Detonations
  • Drop Tests
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fires
  • Impact Tests
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Shaped Charges
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Sympathetic Detonations
  • Test Methods
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

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