fuzing
1fuzing — n. fuse, wick (attached to an explosive) v. attach a fuse, attach a wick (to explosives) …
2Mk 4/Mk 40 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket — For earlier rockets with the same acronym, see 3.5 Inch Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket and 5 Inch Forward Firing Aircraft Rocket. Mk 4 mod 10 rocket on display at Volkel Air Base. The Mk 4 Folding Fin Aerial Rocket (FFAR), sometimes called the… …
3Joint Direct Attack Munition — The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided gravity bombs, or dumb bombs , into all weather smart munitions. JDAM equipped bombs are guided to their target by an integrated inertial guidance system… …
4Fuse (explosives) — In an explosive, pyrotechnic device or military munition, a fuse (or fuze) is the part of the device that initiates function. In common usage, the word fuse is used indiscriminately. However, when being specific (and in particular in a military… …
5GAM-63 RASCAL — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=GAM 63 RASCAL caption= origin= type=Air to surface missile used by= manufacturer=Bell Aircraft unit cost=$2,262,000 propellant=Bell XLR 67 BA 1 liquid propellant rocket engine with 10,440 lbf (46.4kN) of thrust… …
6High explosive anti-tank warhead — High explosive anti tank (HEAT) rounds are made of an explosive shaped charge that uses the Neumann effect (a development of the Munroe effect) to create a very high velocity jet of metal in a state of superplasticity that can punch through solid …
7Red Beard (nuclear weapon) — Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. It was carried by the English Electric Canberra and the V bombers of the Royal Air Force, and by the Blackburn Buccaneers, Sea Vixens and Supermarine Scimitars of the Royal Navy s Fleet Air …
8fuze — fuze1 [fyo͞oz] vt., vi. fuzed, fuzing FUSE1 fuze2 [fyo͞oz] n. 1. FUSE2 (n. 1) 2. any of various devices for detonating bombs, projectiles, or explosive char …
9aircraft monitoring and control — That equipment installed in aircraft to permit monitoring and control of safing, arming, and fuzing functions of nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon systems …
10arming system — That portion of a weapon that serves to ready (arm), safe, or re safe (disarm) the firing system and fuzing system and that may actuate devices in the nuclear system …
