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100	1		_aDESCHAMBAULT Eric
700			_aTOUZE Patrick
700			_aWATT Duncan
245			_aInsensitive munitions : _ba key aspect of improved munitions safety / _cEric Deschambault, Patrick Touze and Duncan Watt
260			_c2008
520			_aAccidental ignition of munitions has caused deaths, injuries, damage and expense: examples include fires on US aircraft carriers and an the ground during Desert Storm the latter event at Camp Doha, Kuwait, caused 59 casualties, loss of or damage to 160 vehicles, and cost $40 million; with IM the effects would have been restricted to a single vehicle. This article describes advances in insensitive munitions which are defined as those that operate normally as and when required but which burn rather than detonate as a result of impact, fire, or nearby explosion. Includes NATO definitions of Energetic Materials Responses.
650			_aINSENSITIVE MUNITIONS
773			_aMilitary Technology : _gVol 32 Issue 9, 2008, pp.58-65
598			_aNATO, MILITARY, TECHNOLOGY, USA
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