Gelled solid rocket propellant reinforced with unoriented microfibers

Claim 1

A ROCKET PROPELLANT HAVING A TENSILE STRENGTH ABOVE 50 P.S.I. WHICH COMPRISES A FELTED NETWORK OF UNORIENTED FIBERS HAVING A DIAMETER OF ABOUT 0.1 TO 100 MICRONS IMBEDDED IN A THICKENED LIQUID OXIDIZING AGENT WHICH IS ABOUT 60 TO 90 WT. PERCENT OF THE PROPELLANT AND IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TETRANITROMETHANE AND A POLYDIFLUORAMINO ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINING AN NF2 GROUP LINKED TO EACH CARBON ATOM, MIXED WITH ABOUT 10 TO 30 WT. PERCENT OF FINELY-DIVIDED SOLID FUEL FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF BERYLLIUM, BORON, ALUMINUM AND MAGNESIUM, SAID LIQUID OXIDIZING AGENT BEING THICKENED INTO A GEL BY A THICKENING AENT WHICH IS 1 TO 5 WT. PERCENT OF THE PROPELLANT, SAID IMBEDDED FIBERS HAVING A TENSILE STRENGTH OF ABOVE STRENGTH OF ABOVE 50 P.S.I. AND BEING PRESENT IN A PROPORTION OF ABOUT 1 TO 30 WT. PERCENT INCLUDING SAID FUEL IN THE FORM OF FIBERS, BUT INCLUDING LESS THAN 5 WT. PERCENT OF LOW FUEL-VALUE FIBERS.