Patent ID: 11859953
Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS PLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A munition assembly, arranged to be launched from a gun, the assembly comprising:
a carrier for a submunition, the carrier comprising a cavity in which the submunition is located; and
a submunition, carried by the carrier in the cavity, the submunition arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier;
the submunition comprising:
a submunition explosive charge; and
a submunition fuze,

wherein:
the munition assembly is adapted to be launched, into the air, from a gun barrel, where the submunition is then arranged to be controllably expelled from the carrier and enter a body of water; and
the submunition fuze is adapted to trigger the submunition explosive charge at a predetermined pressure under the water surface, at a predetermined depth under the water surface, at a predetermined salinity of water, at a predetermined temperature of water, after a predetermined time period after entering the water, upon detection of a target sonar signature under the water; upon detection of a target magnetic signature under the water; upon detection of a target electric field signature under the water, or at a predetermined speed-of-sound in the water.