Multiple Submarine Destroyer
Description:
Patent for a munitions delivery system designed for anti-submarine warfare. Specifically, this devise is a multi-stage explosive that periodically (period of deployment determined by depth measurement) deploys first a primary detonating charge, followed up by the detonation of multiple, smaller charges scattered by the primary explosion, ensuring an area of effect should the primary canister miss it's intended target. The patent notes that should the canister actually make contact with an objec…
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Date:
October 1, 1917
Creator:
Saladiner, Joseph M.
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