Water Piercing Missile Launcher

Abstract

A method of launching a missile that utilizes the gas exhaust of a missile to create an atmosphere of water vapor and gas exhaust products in which the missile enters. The created atmosphere provides the launched missile with a higher ejection velocity and a lower drag initial flight as it moves away from the submarine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2001
Accession Number
ADD019838

Entities

People

  • John J. Yagla

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Control Systems
  • Ejection
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluids
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launchers
  • Launching
  • Low Density
  • Mach Number
  • Rocket Engines
  • Submarines
  • Vapors
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • ballistics.