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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5180882 | System of firing control with programmable delays for projectile having at least one warhead This system includes, in a projectile P bearing explosive warheads 2, 4, with their firing device 3, 5, impact detectors 1, an inertial unit 6 and a computer 7. The computer 7 determines, on the basis of the signals from the detectors 1, the instant of im... | 01/19/1993 |
| 4960055 | Projectile comprising sub-projectiles with a pre-defined zone of effectiveness A projectile forms the head of a carrier having a defined ballistic trajectory and comprises sub-munitions that are ejected at a given moment on the trajectory of the projectile and are designed to reach an impact zone with a pre-defined shape. In the mai... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4930422 | Ejectable, imperviously sealing device especially for rockets with munitions A device for the impervious sealing of a structure, for example a munitions compartment of a rocket, is disclosed. This device comprises an elastic shaped section inside which the edge of the structure and rim of a lid are imperviously embedded. This devi... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4879941 | Ejectable closing device, especially for rockets with munitions Disclosed is a device designed to close a munitions compartment of a rocket and to be ejected just before the munitions so as to open the compartment. This device has a lid locked with a key and an inflatable balloon used to release the lid from the key a... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4876963 | High penetration anti-runway bomb The invention relates to bombs intended to be released at a very low altitude so as to damage high mechanical resistance surfaces and more particularly antirunway bombs equipped with a downward or acceleration propulsive unit. Each bomb comprises means fo... | 10/31/1989 |