Set defence means

a technology of defence means and sets, applied in the field of defence means, can solve the problems of widespread injury to innocent civilians, many past war zones remaining mined, and inability to use land

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-12-02
METAL STORM LTD
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0009] This invention aims to provide set defence means which w

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This form of set defence has been widely used in the past and unfortunately it has resulted in many past war zones remaining mined long after peace has returned to the zone.
This often renders good fertile land unusable and causes widespread injury to innocent civilians.
Typically areas are mined so that the likelihood o

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[0031] Referring initially to FIGS. 1 and 2, it will be seen that a designated area 10 to be defended is monitored by an array of field sensors 11 distributed over the designated area and which may be of any suitable type such as pressure, acoustic or seismic type sensors.

[0032] The illustrated set defence means 12 employs a weapon in the form of a pair of grenade boxes 13 each of which is substantially identical and coupled to a remote sensing means 14 and to a receiver unit 19 associated with the field sensors 11. The remote sensing means 14, which in this embodiment is tower mounted, is adapted to sweep the designated area 10 using electro-optical or microwave techniques to monitor any intrusion into the designated area by a personnel or vehicles.

[0033] The receiver unit 19 is adapted to receive signals from the array of field sensors 11, using a radio frequency (RF) communications link in the embodiment (although a cable link may also be employed), such that upon any such intrus...

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Abstract

A defence system for a land area, intended as an alternative to land mines. The system includes sensors for detecting intrusions in the area, a weapon having multiple barrels and multiple projectiles ready for firing, and a controller that receives signals from the sensors to fire the weapon. The controller preferably requires intervention of an operator in order to trigger the weapon. The weapon may contain a range of projectiles for different purposes.

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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] This invention relates to defence means. In particular this invention relates to set defence means for defending a designated area.[0003] 2. Discussion of the Background Art[0004] Conventional set defence means for defending a designated area is by placement of concealed land mines throughout the designated area. These land mines are normally placed randomly throughout the designated area.[0005] This form of set defence has been widely used in the past and unfortunately it has resulted in many past war zones remaining mined long after peace has returned to the zone. This often renders good fertile land unusable and causes widespread injury to innocent civilians.[0006] Furthermore areas which are mined are not normally mined with a view to preventing all personnel passing beyond the mined zone. Typically areas are mined so that the likelihood of personnel being injured is high. This acts as an effective deterrent to ingress upon the mined zone. ...

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IPC IPC(8): F41A19/65F41H11/00F42B5/03F42B23/16
CPCF41A19/65F41F1/08F41H11/00F42B5/035F42B23/16
Inventor O'DWYER, JAMES MICHAEL
Owner METAL STORM LTD
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