Inventors:
Jack L. Cutting - Livermore CA
Ronald S. Lee - Livermore CA
William G. Von Holle - Livermore CA
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Department of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
F42B 312
Abstract:
A generic insensitive fuze train to initiate insensitive high explosives, such as PBXW-124. The insensitive fuze train uses a slapper foil to initiate sub-gram quantities of an explosive, such as HNS-IV or PETN. This small amount of explosive drives a larger metal slapper onto a booster charge of an insensitive explosive, such as UF-TATB. The booster charge initiates a larger charge of an explosive, such as LX-17, which in turn, initiates the insensitive high explosive, such as PBXW-124.