Patent ID: 8955443
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
1. A warhead, comprising: a conical central segment having a disk-shaped liner at a front end, the liner bounding a cavity of the central segment filled with high explosive, the liner configured to form one or more high-speed projectiles in a forward direction upon detonation of the high explosive; a plurality of peripheral segments hingedly attached to the central segment about the liner at the front end, each peripheral segment having an outer segment face bounding a cavity of the peripheral segment filled with high explosive, the segment faces of the peripheral segments forming sidewall portions of the warhead when the peripheral segments are in a folded position, the peripheral segments being operable to be released from the folded position to an open position in which the segment faces are pointed in the forward direction for detonation; and a detonator operative to initiate simultaneous detonation of the high explosive of the central and peripheral segments.