Weapon system

The available data from the services indicate that corrosion in weapons systems is the primary cost driver in life-cycle costs (46). Quantifying corrosion is difficult as neither the mechanisms nor the methodologies exist to quantify accurately. Analysis of field data reveals instances where questionable materials selection early in the acquisition process has led to enormous unanticipated increases in life-cycle costs because of corrosion (J Argento, US Army TACOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, Personal Communication, 1999). In view of force reduction and a reduction in budgets, consideration must be given to the selection of advanced materials, processes, and designs that will require less manpower for corrosion inspection and maintenance. 

The following discussion concerns specific information on corrosion and related costs incurred by the Army, the Air Force, the Navy, and the Marine Corps. It should be noted that the corrosion costs of selected components in these services do not add up to the 20 billion quoted above. It only serves to demonstrate how corrosion can significantly affect the equipment and facilities of the armed services. 

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J. T. Gxsxe glmproved Specifications for Composite Propellant Binders for Army Weapon Systems,TR-T-19-16, A-aayMssAe Command, Huntsville, Ala.,July 1979. 

Toxic chemical munitions have unique characteristics in comparison to other weapons systems, reaching personnel both widely dispersed and concentrated in fortifications, ie, gases and aerosols are not bound by corners. These materials can penetrate crevices reaching personnel physically protected from high explosives. In addition, toxic chemicals are minimum-destmction weapons as regards matHriel (5). 

D.H.R. Archer, Jane s Weapon Systems 1973— 74 , McGraw Hill, NY (1973), 395-450 (Mortars in use by Finland, Fr, Ger, Switz, Br, USA, USSR Yugoslavia) 8) F.W.A. Hobart, Edit, Jane s Infantry Weapons , Franklin Watts Inc, NY (1975), 640-L to 727-R (Mortars mortar ammo in use by China, Cz-Sl, Finland, Ger, Israel, Spain, Switz, Engl, USSR, USA Yugo-. slavia)... 

Provide technical support to, and membership in, the, Army Nuclear Weapons System Safety Committee... 

Another weapon system which was developed and engineered for production by the Arsenal for Southeast Asia was Beehive ammunition of varying calibers which dispense great numbers of tiny, lethal steel darts. This type of ammunition proved effective in Southeast Asia since it lends itself to use against troops in frontal mass assault as well as those entrenched behind the cover of heavy jungle brush... 

A Military Specification (MIL-F-45961), the first of its kind,for prealloyed steel powder forgings was then drafted and has been accepted as a standard by Department of Defense and commercial organizations. The significance of this work is that the improved PM manufacturing technology is applicable to all weapon systems which require complex-shaped steel forgings... 

At this time the major uses of double-base smokeless compns are in Navy rocket weaponry and gun proplnts. The 2.75-inch FFAR, Sidewinder, SHRIKE, ASROC and Polaris weapon systems employ such proplnts. The major dis-... 

N.J. Blay I. Duns tan, USNatTechlnform-Serv, AD 744871 (1970) CA 78, 6069 (1973) Compatibility and stability problems encountered in the design and development of weapon systems containing expls and solid proplnts are discussed. Safety during storage and reliability in service are emphasized. The effects of materials used near or in contact with the expls and proplnts are considered... 

Chemical Surety Controls, procedures, and actions which contribute to the safety, security, and reliability of chemical agents and their associated weapon systems throughout their life cycle without degrading operational performance. 

Otto Fuel II, a liquid propellant used exclusively by the U.S. Navy in torpedoes and other weapon systems, is a mixture of three synthetic compounds 1,2-propylene glycol dinitrate (PGDN) (a nitrate ester explosive), dibutyl sebacate (a desensitizer), and 2-nitrodiphenylamine (a stabilizer). The... 

Otto Fuel II is a liquid propellant used exclusively by the U.S. Navy in MK-46 and MK-48 torpedoes and other weapon systems (Rivera 1974 Gaworski et al. 1985). It is a mixture of three synthetic compounds. The primary component is the explosive, 1,2-propylene glycol dinitrate (PGDN) (approximately 75%) dibutyl sebacate (23%) is added as a desensitizer, and because pure PGDN is unstable, 2-nitrodiphenylamine (2%) is added as a stabilizer (ATSDR 1995). PGDN, a nitrated ester, is a volatile liquid with a disagreeable odor. Its primary use is as a propellant in Otto Fuel II (Forman 1988). No information on production was located. Wiltshire Chemical Company in Gardena, California, was the only identified producer (ATSDR 1995). 

My purpose is to help, but then like all other good armies, 1 must also leave when the job is over. The human body is a true marvel of nature. It has many weapon systems ready to destroy me. Often, 1 leave the body through the kidneys other times, 1 recirculate and end up in the intestines or in other body tissues. But eventually, 1 am knocked out, although some of us are truly hard and stick around for years, especially when we develop an affection for proteins. My exit from the body is measured using many mathematical techniques, and many parameters are assigned to me on the basis of statistical principles that 1 know very little about, such as the Bayesian theory, deconvolution modeling, dose-response correlations, and the like These are the topics of discussion in this book. 

Weapons Systems Eundamentals -Analysis of Weapons, U.S. Navy Weapons Systems, NAVWEPS Operating Report 3000, Vol. 2, 1963. 

The relatively large, two-story JACADS complex included myriad electrical, mechanical, automated, and robotic equipment (including many monitoring devices) used to destroy or dispose of multiple types of agents and all their varied kinds of containers and weapons systems. Constant attention had to be paid to safety while meeting production goals. 

Uses. Nuclear fuel and in weapons systems used in photography as a catalyst... 

Harry Diamond Labs. The Army has classified the Harry Diamond Laboratories at Adelphi, Maryland, as a permanent US Army installation. The facility is a corporate laboratory of the US Army Materiel Command, specializing in fuzes, fluidics, special purpose radars, nuclear weapons effects, and other research, development, and engineering for weapons systems Ref The Official Magazine of United States Army Logistics, Vol 5, No 2 (Mar-April 1973)... 

R.T. Pretty D.H.R. Archer, Edits, Jane s Weapon Systems , Franklin Watts Inc, New York, NY (1974-75), 852 pp... 

Continued development of high-speed FAE weapons systems now depends on a joint service proposal. The joint service plan identifies funding specific areas of development. 

The first bombs developed by the US Navy, CBU-55, were used in Vietnam, and tests to perfect an advanced version of the weapons system have continued. The CBU-55B air-to-surface free-fall cluster bombs were developed for helicopter.and siow-speed fixed-wing aircraft delivery to clear helicopter landing zones of mines booby traps. This FAE bomb was designed to disperse a mixt of vaporized fuel (ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, m e thy lacetylene/propa diene/pro pane and others) in a cloud 50 ft in dram and approx 8 ft thick. It has three 100-lb individual canisters 13.6 inches in diam by 21 inches long, each containing ca 72 lbs of fuel. The canisters separate from the dispenser after... 

The Air Force at its Armament Development Test Center, Eglin AFB, Florida and the Navy at the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif have been working separately to perfect a second-gene ration FAE Weapons system as a bomb for high-performance jet aircraft delivery. The Army, meanwhile,... 

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