公开(公告)号：US20220120535A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17427901

申请日：2020-02-21

Applicant: The Secretary of State for Defence

Inventor： Peter Rushforth

IPC: F41H11/12 ,  F42B12/36

Abstract: A projectile (601) for piercing a casing of a mine containing an explosive material, comprising a projectile body having a nose portion (603) and a tail portion (604) and a longitudinal axis, a switch, and electrodes (605, 606) separated such that in use an electrical discharge can flow between them through an explosive material contained within a mine, or to initiate an energetic material comprised between the electrodes to detonate an explosive material contained within a mine. Also provided is a method of mine disposal.