The History of Insensitive Munitions

The History of Insensitive Munitions https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html The USS ENTERPRISE (CVAN-65) fire and munition explosions Interest in using new explosives to reduce the sensitivity of munitions The introduction of castable plastic bonded explosives, PBX’s, in Navy munitions History Contact U.S. Navy builds a facility to load PBX’s into General Purpose bombs NAVSEA IM Management organization defined U.S. Allies advised of the Navy Insensitive Munition policy Home Introduction Preface What is an “Insensitive Munition” and where did the term originate? Implementing the CNO Executive Board’s (CEB) decision memorandum About In conclusion U.S. Navy Insensitive Munitions program progress France issues an Insensitive Munitions policy and requirements document Third revision of the Navy Insensitive Munitions Policy and the U.S. military standard defining the Insensitive Munitions Requirements U.S. Navy Strike Warfare Office questions the Insensitive Munition policy International interest in Insensitive Munitions Navy goal of complete transition to Insensitive Munitions by 1995 revised Navy decision on munitions retrofit to meet the Insensitive Munition requirements NATO Insensitive Munitions Information Center (NIMIC) formed Revision of the Navy Insensitive Munition policy Army and Air Force Insensitive Munition programs Strike weapons and IM master plans published Joint service Insensitive Munition policy The technical requirements for insensitive munitions CNO Executive Board (CEB) briefing on the sensitivity of Navy munitions The U.S. Navy’s Insensitive Munitions program Falkland war and the loss of British ships sparks a renewed interest in insensitive ordnance USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) flight deck fire and munition explosions Navy issues an Operational Requirement (OR) for insensitive high explosives VAdm. Bulkeley concerned the vulnerability of magazines on surface ships Department of Energy and Department of Defense Insensitive High Explosives and Propellants (IHEP) study The “Bureaucracy” at work NAVY formalizes a program to reduce the sensitivity of naval ordnance An opportunity to demonstrate the advantages of the new explosives technology Railroad train fires and munition explosions In-bore premature detonation of projectiles in Navy large caliber guns The ammunition ship SS BADGER STATE fire and munition explosions The USS ORISKANY (CVA-34) fire and munition explosions However, accidents, fires, and enemy strikes happen! Tests to study the detonability of solid rocket propellants The origin of the Insensitive Munition concept Annex 3 Joint Oversight Council Memorandum on Insensitive Munitions Certification Policy of 2 July 2004 Annex 2. Admiral Bulkeley’s “Insensitive Ordnance” memo to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, VCNO Annex 1. CVNX Study Group memorandum The USS FORRESTAL (CVA-59) fire and munition explosions