Research/Patents/US 4966079
US 4966079Tier 3 — General Defense

ICE PENETRATING MOORED MINE

Assignee

US Government

Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY

Filed

Dec 14, 1981

Granted

Oct 30, 1990

Location

CHARLETON SC US

Abstract

The invention disclosed is an anti-submarine moored mine for penetrating . The moored mine has an elongated streamline body with a heavy, strong forward hull structure that constitutes a forward penetrating means and a rearward chamber for housing an air braking means such as a parachute. The intermediate sections of the moored mine contain on specific chamber for housing an explosive means such as a warhead and a separate and distinct chamber for housing an inflatable buoyancy means used to fix the position of the moored mine in the water in the proximity of the target submarine.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Apr 28, 1982

Rescinded

May 4, 1990

Duration

8 years

Inventor

  • 1SAMUEL A. HUMPHREY

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