Projectile for radially deploying sub-projectiles

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20040244628A1
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10483302

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A projectile (10) for firing from a barrel, said projectile including a multiplicity of barrel assemblies (12, 13, 14) radially disposed from the centre of mass of the projectile, wherein each of said multiplicity of barrel assemblies includes a plurality of sub-projectiles (16) axially disposed within a barrel; each of said sub-projectiles associated with a discrete propellent charge (17) for propelling a respective sub-projectile from the barrel, wherein said projectile is capable of selectively firing sub-projectiles (16), suitably with the aid of primers (18) each coupled to an electronic controller (15). to provide a predetermined pattern of deployed sub-projectiles. A defence system employing projectiles of the type described is also disclosed, together with a method for disguising the launch location of a projectile utilising divert propulsion.

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METAL STORM LIMITEDBRISBANE QLD 4000

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
O'Dwyer, James Michael Queensland, AU 55 597
O'Dwyer, Sean Michael Queensland, AU 1 6

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