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Asymmetric penetration warhead

  • US 6,012,393 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1997
  • Issued: 01/11/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A penetration warhead of a positively position-controlled roll-stabilized missile, the warhead having a main axis, the warhead comprising a nose section which is rigidly asymmetric with respect to said main axis of the warhead, said asymmetry is selected such that upon impacting and penetrating a target at an angle which deviates from a perpendicular to a surface of said target, the forces acting by said target on said nose section create a moment about the warhead'"'"'s center of gravity which directs the penetration warhead in a direction which is substantially toward the perpendicular, thereby increasing the warhead'"'"'s penetration depth into the target.

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