TANDEM WARHEAD CONSIDERATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC SAFETY AND ARMING DEVICES

摘要

There are four issues that an ESA designer must address when designing a tandem system:1) Warhead detonation shock, 2) Warhead detonation ion cloud, 3) Warhead detonation electromagnetic pulse, and 4) Slapper/Sparkgap electromagnetic pulse. Each of these hazards can upset the ESA time delay circuitry which would then either dud the munitions or prematurely detonate the main charge.