Explosive

Claim 1

AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE ADAPTED TO PRODUCE DIRECTIONALIZED BLAST EFFECTS COMPRISING A BODY INCLUDING UPPER AND LOWER BODY SECTIONS, A COMMON PLANAR BASE PORTION FOR THE SECTIONS, THE BASE PORTION HAVING OPPOSITE PLANAR SURFACES FROM WHICH THE BODY SECTIONS COVERAGE OPPOSITELY, THE UPPER BODY SECTION TERMINATING IN A TRUNCATED SURFACE PARALLELING SAID PLANER SURFACES, THE LOWER BODY SECTION TERMINATING IN AN APEX, A SOURCE OF DETONATION INITATION MOUNTED CENTRALLY OF SAID TRUNCATED SURFACE AND SYMMETRICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANAR SURFACES OF THE COMMON BASE PORTION, THE SOURCE OF DETONATION INITIATION PRODUCING UPON DETONATION A DETONATION WAVE WHICH, PASSING THROUGH THE BODY SECTION IN WHICH DETONATION ORIGINATED, IMPINGES SIMULTANEOUSLY ALL POINTS OF THE PLANAR BASE PORTION WHEREBY AN EXPLOSIVE PATTERN CONSISTING OF HIGH VELOCITY, HIGH INTENSITY SHOCK WAVES, ENCLOSING WAVES OF LESSER INTENSITY AND VELOCITY IS PROPAGATED BY THE BODY SECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT CONTAINING THE SOURCE OF DETONATION INITIATION.