Dual initiation submissile

Claim 1

A cylindrical minibomb for use in a submissile type warhead, said minibomb comprising a housing having end members fabricated of a plastic material capable of confining detonation waves, said housing having aerodynamic surfaces for controlling the flight orientation of said minibomb, a fuze located in one end of said housing, a fuze booster in contact with said fuze, a main explosive charge substantially filling the central portion of said housing, main charge booster located at opposite ends of said main explosive charge, a plurality of discrete fragments disposed in a single row intermediate the end members and forming the outer periphery of the central portion of said minibomb, and explosive wave carriers connected between said fuze booster and said main charge boosters, said explosive wave carriers being of equal lengths to provide a detonating path for simultaneously initiating said main charge boosters thereby producing detonation waves that proceed toward the central portion of said minibomb where they collide and produce a high pressure region directly under said discrete fragments which are caused to be projected radially outward at high lethal velocity.