Claims
- 1. In a warhead assembly having an explosive and a detonator for activating said explosive, a fuze comprising a triboluminescent material coated on the interior portion of said assembly, a photo-sensitive detector for detecting the light caused by said triboluminescent material upon impact of said war-head assembly, and means responsive to said photo-sensitive detector and communicating with said detonator so as to cause the detonator to activate and detonate the explosive.
- 2. The assembly of claim 1 including sensitivity control means for controlling the sensitivity of the device in response to the light from said triboluminescent material.
- 3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein said sensitivity control means is a varying gating-cathode resistance means.
- 4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said warhead assembly contains an ogive and said triboluminescent material is coated on the entire inside surface of said ogive.
- 5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is selected from the group consisting of ZnF.sub.2 :Mn, ZnS:Ag, ZnS:Mn, CaP.sub.2 O.sub.7 :D.sub.4, a zirconium-tin-alloy and ZnCdS.
- 6. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said photo-sensitive detector comprises a photo-silicon-controlled-rectifier.
- 7. The assembly of claim 1 including a power supply activated by setback forces when the warhead is launched and a condensor that is charged by an external supply before the warhead is launched.
- 8. The assembly of claim 1 including means for amplifying the electrical signal from said photo-sensitive detector to said detonator.
- 9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is a zirconium-tin-alloy.
- 10. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is ZnS:Ag.
- 11. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is ZnS:Mn.
- 12. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is CaP.sub.2 O.sub.7 :D.sub.4.
- 13. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is ZnCdS.
- 14. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said triboluminescent material is ZnF.sub.2 :Mn.
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