Warheads for guided missiles

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Payload. Generally that part of the load which is expandable, deliverable, or ready for use in direct accomplishment of the mission. In a projectile the explosive or other filler. In a guided missile or rocket, the warhead compartment and that which is carried in it (Ref 40a, p 108-L)... 

Krummel was not the only place where work on shaped charges was conducted. Elsewhere the Germans developed a shaped charge shell which was shot from an 80mm mortar called Panzerwurfkanone , and the warheads for several guided missiles... 

Following the discovery of TATB, it is now preferred to DATB. It is of special interest for warheads of high speed guided missiles. By using TATB, energy is sacrificed but handling safety is gained [53, 54]. TATB is extensively used in the USA and a number of pilot plants are available for its manufacture [55]. 

Regulus. A surface-to-surface jet-powered guided missile developed for the US Navy in the 1950 s. It was equipped with a nuclear warhead and was launched from surfaced submarines or cruisers. It was essentially a pilotless aircraft with a range of about 500 miles. Designated RGM-6/15... 

One new approach that is being developed to enhance tumour specificity used monoclonal antibodies (mAb), raised against a particular type of tumour, as a kind of molecular "guided missile", with a porphyrin attached to the mAb as the light-activated "warhead." Tumour cells have different surface antigens to normal cells, and it is possible to raise mAbs specific for these antigens. Tumour cells also differ from normal cells in that they express a large number of low-density lipoprotein receptors. Hydrophobic photosensitisers may then be incorporated into a lipid moiety of such a receptor, and taken into the tumour cell via lysosomes. 

TATB is suitable for use in plastic explosives and in explosives mixtures with TNT that can be cast. The major military use is in special applications in warheads of high speed guided missiles. In this application energy... 

Ojima, I. (2008) Guided molecular missiles for tumor-targeting chemotherapy case studies using the 2nd-generation taxoids as warheads. Accounts of Chemical Research 41, 108-119. 

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