Physics of Direct Hit and Near Miss Warhead Technology (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)

This title discusses direct hit technology in conjunction with a class of warheads coined ""near miss or direct hit warhead technology"". These warheads utilize most of their entire volume and mass as damage mechanisms generating 10 to 30 times more mass deployed in the target's direction when compared to today's warheads. Most missiles and kill vehicles of today are direct hit only and do not contain a warhead mechanism. This new book discusses the challenges of designing small lethality enhancement technologies that can be implemented on a direct hit kill vehicle. What makes anti-ballistic missile warhead design so difficult is that a designer must be able to design a warhead against many different tactical ballistic missile payloads. These payloads can vary from chemical submunitions to unitary high explosive to nuclear. Warhead designers of tomorrow must have an understanding of the kill requirement and vulnerabilities of ballistic missile payloads before an optimum direct hit missile or warhead is designed.

General

Imprint:	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Richard M. Lloyd
Dimensions:	230 x 240 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
Edition:	Illustrated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-56347-473-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Weapons & equipment > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Military engineering > Ordnance, weapons technology
LSN:	1-56347-473-5
Barcode:	9781563474736

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