Reduced Collateral Damage Bomb (RCDB) and System and Method of Making Same

Abstract

A reduced collateral damage bomb (RCDB) bomb casing is described and disclosed along with the system and method for making it. The RCDB bomb casing may be formed from conventional or penetrating warhead bomb casings. The RCDB bomb casing has a filler material/materials disposed on the interior walls that will assist in controlling the collateral damage caused by the finished bomb but not prevent the appropriate destructive power being delivered to a selected target.

1 . A method for forming a reduced collateral damage bomb casing, including the steps of:
 (A) obtaining a bomb casing that includes
 (1) a tapering cylindrical shaped front section that further includes a closed front end and an open aft-end , and the front section having a first interior opening, with the front section further having a progressively decreasing wall thickness from the front end to the open aft-end; and 
 (2) a substantially uniform cylindrical shaped rear section that further includes a front edge that interfaces with the aft-end of the front section, and open aft-end, and the rear section having a second interior opening in the rear section, with the rear section having a substantially uniform wall thickness from the front edge to the open aft-end, with the front and rear sections forming an integrated, single unit bomb casing and the first and second openings combining to form an interior cavity for the bomb casing; 
   (B) closing the open end of the rear section;   (C) placing the bomb in a rotating apparatus that is capable of spinning the bomb casing about its longitudinal axis;   (D) filling the bomb casing with a predetermined amount of filler material through a sealable filling opening and sealing the filler material within the bomb casing, with the amount of filler material being added to reduce the volume of the interior cavity by a predetermined amount;   (E) rotating the bomb casing at a predetermined speed for a predetermined period of time to spin coat the filler material on interior walls of the interior cavity and provide an interior channel substantially the length of the bomb casing once the filler material disposed on the interior walls;   (F) curing the filler material as it is spin coated on the interior walls of the interior cavity in step (E); and   (G) stopping rotating and removing the bomb casing from the rotating apparatus after the amount of the filler material added at step (D) is spin coated and cured according to steps (E) and (F) to the interior walls of the bomb casing.   
     
     
         2 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein interior structures of the bomb casing are stabilized before beginning step (D). 
     
     
         3 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein step (F) includes curing with heat. 
     
     
         4 . The method as recited in  claim 3 , wherein curing with heat includes heating the exterior of the bomb casing during step (F). 
     
     
         5 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the bomb casing includes a conventional bomb casing. 
     
     
         6 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the bomb casing includes a penetrating warhead bomb casing. 
     
     
         7 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the interior channel includes forming a cylindrical channel. 
     
     
         8 . The method as recited in  claim 7 , wherein the interior channel has a substantially uniform diameter along its length. 
     
     
         9 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the filler material includes explosively neutral filler material. 
     
     
         10 . The method as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the filler material includes filler material from a class of polymers with a binder material that are inert to high explosive material and any additions thereto. 
     
     
         11 . The method as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the filler material includes a polymer with a binder material that is inert to high explosive material and any additions thereto. 
     
     
         12 . The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the filler material includes filler material that has explosive enhancing properties. 
     
     
         13 . The method as recited in  claim 12 , wherein the filler material includes filler material from a class of polymers with a binder material that are inert to high explosive material and any additions thereto. 
     
     
         14 . The method as recited in  claim 12 , wherein the filler material includes a polymer with a binder material that is inert to high explosive material and any additions thereto.