Kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system

Abstract

A kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system and method featuring jettison housings each including a plurality of lengthy individual projectiles therein and a navigatable carrier for the jettison housings. The jettison housings are ejected in the vicinity of targets whereupon the individual projectiles are deployed in the trajectory path of each target.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system comprising: 
 at least one jettison housing including a plurality of lengthy individual projectiles therein and means for deploying said projectiles; and    a navigatable carrier for the jettison housing including means for ejecting the jettison housing in the vicinity of a target whereupon the means for deploying the projectiles is activated to deploy the individual projectiles in the trajectory path of the target.    
     
     
         2 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which the means for deploying the projectiles includes an explosive charge core surrounded by the projectiles.  
     
     
         3 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which the means for deploying the projectiles includes an explosive charge within the jettison housing surrounding the projectiles.  
     
     
         4 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which the means for deploying the projectiles includes explosive charge sections surrounding the projectiles.  
     
     
         5 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which the carrier is a missile.  
     
     
         6 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which the means for ejecting the jettison housing includes spinning the carrier to import a velocity to the housing.  
     
     
         7 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which the means for ejecting the jettison housing included an explosive change about the jettison housing.  
     
     
         8 . The kinetic energy rod warhead of  claim 1  in which the means for ejecting the jettison housing includes a propulsion subsystem associated with the jettison housing.  
     
     
         9 . The kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system of  claim 1  in which there are a plurality of jettison housings carried by the carrier and each selectively ejectable from the carrier.  
     
     
         10 . A method of destroying a number of spaced targets, the method comprising: 
 navigating a carrier missile proximate the target;    ejecting housings containing a plurality of projectiles into the trajectory path of each target; and    deploying the projectiles of each jettison housing to destroy each target.    
     
     
         11 . A kinetic energy rod warhead deployment system comprising: 
 at least one jettison housing including a plurality of lengthy individual projectiles therein and means for deploying said projectiles; and    a navigatable carrier for the jettison housing for ejecting the jettison housing in the vicinity of a target whereupon the means for deploying the projectiles is activated to deploy the individual projectiles in the trajectory path of the target.