Patent ID: 6308607
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B64D,F42B

Abstract:
A munition for deploying a molten payload within a target, comprising:a projectile body having a nose cone, said projectile body having a plurality of holes formed therethrough about a circumference thereof;a seal for closing off each of said plurality of holes;a firing mechanism mounted in said nose cone for generating energy of initiation upon deformation of said nose cone;a first burnable material housed in said projectile body and coupled to said firing mechanism to receive said energy of initiation, said first burnable material extending in a tree-like fashion along a plurality of connected paths in said projectile body, each of said plurality of connected paths terminating at one said seal, wherein voids are formed in said projectile body around said plurality of connected paths;a second burnable material filling said voids in said projectile body; andsaid first burnable material having a lower threshold of combustion than said second burnable material.