Patent ID: 6415716
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B63G,F41H,F42D

Abstract:
A line charge assembly for use in a shallow-water obstruction clearing operation, comprising;a propulsion unit capable of flight through the air; a line charge array defined by a plurality of line charges successively coupled to one another by a line capable of transferring detonation energy therealong successively to each of said plurality of line charges, said line charge array having a first end coupled to said propulsion unit and having a second end; an air-safed water-armed fuze coupled to said second end for generating said detonation energy only when in water; and at least one explosive diode in line with said line between said first end and said second end and positioned to limit transfer of said detonation energy in a direction of propagation defined by said second end to said first end, wherein said propulsion unit pulls said line charge array, said at least one explosive diode and said fuze through the air to a water destination.