DoD (Department of Defense) Insensitive Munitions Program
DoD (Department of Defense) Insensitive Munitions Program
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The Department of Defense (DoD) Insensitive Munitions (IM) program essentially began with an edict by the Chief of Naval Operations in May 1984 that all Navy munitions would have less sensitive components by 1995. This action was triggered by fires on aircraft carriers over 20 years that had taken over 200 lives and cost nearly $200 million. There were existing programs on low vulnerability ammunition and increasing emphasis on 1.3 propellants at the time but these efforts lacked top level focus. The Navy decision created a strong top down motivation that did not go unnoticed by a small cadre of technologists who were ready to assume a strong bottom up group that had been languishing for funding that was prepared to fill this need. Keywords: Propellants; Cook off; Detonation; Safety; Navy; Marine Corp; Army. (kt)
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DoD (Department of Defense) Insensitive Munitions Program
1987
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Ammunition, Explosives, & Pyrotechnics , Ammunition , Department of defense , Propellants , Costs , Decision making , Cook off , Detonations , Safety , Marine corps , Low level , Motivation , Naval operations , Navy , Sensitivity , Vulnerability , Insensitive Munitions
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