Fixed deployed net for hit-to-kill vehicle
View Patent ↗A warhead including a hit-to-kill vehicle and a hub about the hit-to-kill vehicle including, packaged therein, a net and a plurality of rods held in a spaced relationship by the net for destroying a target when the net is deployed in the vicinity of the target in case the hit-to-kill vehicle misses the target.
1. A warhead comprising:
a hit-to-kill vehicle; and
a hub about the hit-to-kill vehicle including packaged therein:
a net,
an inflatable superstructure including a plurality of vanes and an inflatable ring for deploying the net, and
a plurality of rods attached to the net held at a constant spaced relationship with respect to one another in space by the net and the inflatable superstructure for destroying a target when the net is deployed in the vicinity of the target in case the hit-to-kill vehicle misses the target.
2. The warhead of claim 1 in which the net is round and includes vertical members intersecting horizontal members.
3. The warhead of claim 1 in which the net is round and includes circular members intersecting radially extending members.
4. The warhead of claim 1 in which the net includes intersecting members and the rods are disposed at the intersection of the members.