A continuous-rod warhead is a specialized munition exhibiting an annular blast fragmentation pattern, thus when exploding it spreads into a large circle...

and improved maintainability and producibility. The AIM-9M uses an annular blast fragmentation warhead. These modifications increase ability to locate...

Today three main configurations exist: can, annular, and cannular (also referred to as can-annular tubo-annular). Afterburners are often considered another...

that this missile system has been used in combat. A conventional explosive blast warhead, fragmentation warhead, or continuous rod warhead (or a combination...

12 ft (3.7 m) Diameter 8 in (20 cm) Wingspan 3 ft 4 in (1.02 m) Warhead Annular blast fragmentation warhead, 90 lb (41 kg) Detonation mechanism Proximity...

which also allowed it to grow in size and weight, replacing the former blast-fragmentation type with an expanding-rod system that was significantly deadlier...

(50 lb). It also used an expanding-rod warhead in place of the earlier blast fragmentation type. This move also left room at the rear of the fuselage...

death six months later of Kuboyama Aikichi, the boat's chief radioman. The blast incited a strong international reaction over atmospheric thermonuclear testing...

stub wings, and a box-shaped tail unit consisting of a roughly 12-sided annular set of fixed surfaces and a cruciform tail with thick surfaces within the...

nine-stage high-pressure axial compressor Combustors: low-emissions single annular combustor Turbine: two-stage high pressure turbine, boltless architecture...