Gun launched terminal guided projectile

Claim 1

IN A GUN FIRED, FIN STABILIZED PROJECTILE HAVING ROTATION, SAID PROJECTILE COMPRISING A CASING ATTACHED TO A NOSE, A MAJOR PORTION OF THE CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID NOSE BEING TRANSPARENT TO RADIATIONS FROM A TARGET, AN EXPLOSIVE CHARGE CARRIED BY SAID PROJECTILE AND ADAPTED TO FIRE SAID CHARGE THROUGH A NOZZLE TO PRODUCE A THRUST TRANSVERSELY OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SAID PROJECTILE, ELECTRONIC MEANS OPERABLE TO FIRE SAID CHARGE IN RESPONSE TO RADIATIONS FROM A TARGET RECEIVED THROUGH SAID TRANSPARENT AREA, SAID ELECTRONIC MEANS INCLUDING A DETECTOR OF TARGET RADIATIONS OPERABLE TO FIRE SAID CHARGE IN RESPONSE TO SUCH RECEIVED RADIATIONS, MEANS INCLUDING A MASK LOCATED IN FRONT OF SAID DETECTOR, AND ROTATABLE WITH SAID PROJECTILE AND PROVIDED WITH AN APERTURE RADIALLY DISPLACED FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS BUT SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE SAID NOZZLE, SAID APERTURE BEING LOCATED A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS TO ADMIT TARGET RADIATIONS TO SAID DETECTOR WHEN SAID LONGITUDINAL AXIS IS AT A DEFINITE ANGLE WITH THE LINE OF SIGHT FROM SAID PROJECTILE TO SAID TARGET, A MIRROR LOCATED TO DIRECT TARGET RADIATIONS TO SAID DETECTOR THROUGH SAID MASK APERTURE AFTER BEING REFLECTED FROM A SUBSTANTIALLY AXIAL REFLECTING SURFACE, A SHAPED CHARGE LOCATED FORWARD OF SAID EXPLOSIVE CHARGE AND PROVIDED WITH A PIEZOELECTRIC IMPACT FUZE LOCATED AT A FORWARD END OF SAID NOSE, AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS FROM SAID FUZE TO SAID SHAPED CHARGE FOR FIRING SAID SHAPED CHARGE, THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF THE IMPROVEMENT FOR SHORTENING THE OVERALL LENGTH OF SAID PROJECTILE AND ENHANCING THE STABILITY AND ACCURACY OF SAID PROJECTILE, SAID IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING SAID MIRROR BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT A FORWARD PORTION OF SAID SHAPED CHARGE, AND SAID TRANSPARENT PORTIONS OF SAID SHAPED CHARGE, AND SAID BOUNDED BY RADIAL SUPPORTING RIBS HAVING INCLUDED EQUAL OBTUSE ANGLES.