Expanding countermeasure and launcher system

摘要

#$%^&*AU2011253914B220160414.pdf#####EXPANDING COUNTERMEASURE AND LAUNCHER SYSTEM ABSTRACT Systems and methods described herein provide for the protection of personnel within vehicles (106) and structures from handheld grenades and other threats (108). According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, a countermeasure system (100) includes an expandable countermeasure (102) having a flexible body (402) with a number of weighted projectiles (404) attached around a perimeter of the body (402). A threat detection and launch control system (202) detects incoming threats (108) and, in response, triggers a launch of the expandable countermeasure (102) from the launcher (104) to intercept and neutralize the threat (108).1/9 o /