MOSCOW, Nov 3 - RIA Novosti. Scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region) are creating a new munition designed to more effectively combat small-sized drones and aerial bombs, follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.
According to the description of the invention, this projectile was patented at the end of October 2021. Currently, RFNC specialists are preparing for the manufacture and preliminary testing of this product.
It is planned that the projectile will be able to fight small-sized drones or controlled enemy bombs more successfully than existing samples by increasing the area of effective drone destruction.
The projectile being developed at the Snezhinsky nuclear center contains a body with a set of propellant blocks sequentially located along the axis of the projectile, each of which contains explosives and striking elements - loads connected by flexible binding cutting elements. Under the influence of explosives, loads are fired in pairs near the target and stretch the connecting elements behind them, from which a cutting network is formed.
The expediency of this invention is explained by the fact that traditional means of destruction do not have such a significant damaging effect on the target due to the small effective projection area of the air target and the design features of its aerodynamic surfaces, usually made of easily punched plastic.
To increase the effectiveness of hitting small targets in such projectiles, the explosive charge and the mass of the striking elements are increased, which makes the projectile itself heavier and leads to the need to use artillery barrels, which is why such ammunition is almost impossible to use against drones due to the substantial mass, dimensions and high recoil when firing. In addition, due to the high lethality of such shells, it is difficult to use them in peacetime.
RFNC-VNIITF is one of the key enterprises of the Rosatom nuclear weapons complex. The main task of the Snezhinsky nuclear Center is to solve scientific and technical problems related to ensuring and maintaining the reliability and safety of Russia's nuclear weapons. RFNC-VNIITF also solves problems in the nuclear power complex, nuclear medicine, supercomputers and computational technologies.