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What about the following proximity detonators: sonar/acoustic, altimeter-based and magnetic? They used to be used. Are they still? --rmhermen |
What about the following proximity detonators: sonar/acoustic, altimeter-based and magnetic? They used to be used. Are they still? --rmhermen |
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Sonar / acoustic and perhaps magnetic are still probably used, and should be mentioned regardless. Magnetic was most often used on ship mines, though. |
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Altimeter-based fusing is primarily used with bombs, which I tend to distinguish from warheads. Most nuclear warheads are air-burst, so it may be that some of them used altimeter-based fusing. I think they're all radar based now, but I can't confirm that. |
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In my mind at least, a bomb isn't the same as a warhead, though they both explode. I consider a warhead to always be a part of a weapon, with it's own delivery system. -- [[The_ansible|ansible]] |
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What about the following proximity detonators: sonar/acoustic, altimeter-based and magnetic? They used to be used. Are they still? --rmhermen
Sonar / acoustic and perhaps magnetic are still probably used, and should be mentioned regardless. Magnetic was most often used on ship mines, though.
Altimeter-based fusing is primarily used with bombs, which I tend to distinguish from warheads. Most nuclear warheads are air-burst, so it may be that some of them used altimeter-based fusing. I think they're all radar based now, but I can't confirm that.
In my mind at least, a bomb isn't the same as a warhead, though they both explode. I consider a warhead to always be a part of a weapon, with it's own delivery system. -- ansible