Improved integrated launch package ballistic performance

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 124-129

  Zielinski, Alexander E ^a   Weinacht, Paul ^a   Zielinski, A ^a   Weinacht, P ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Dispersion; Jump test; Launch dynamics

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; PROJECTILES; TARGETS; VELOCITY;

INTEGRATED LAUNCH PACKAGE; JUMP TEST; LAUNCH DYNAMICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC LAUNCHERS;

EID: 0032653945     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.738389     Document Type: Article

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