Countermeasure Flares

摘要

A flare including: a casing; and a grain assembly, at least a portion of which is slidably disposed in the casing in a longitudinal direction, the grain assembly including: a burster component used to ignite the flare pyrotechnic; and a flare component having a plurality of sections arranged circumferentially around the burster component such that ignition of the flare component further disperses the plurality of sections in a radial direction after the grain assembly is ejected from the casing in the longitudinal direction.

主权项

1. A flare comprising:
a grain assembly slidably disposed in a casing in a longitudinal direction, the grain assembly including a grain component having at least one combustible material and at least one reactive material positioned relative to the combustible material and configured to ignite combustion of the at least one combustible material; wherein the grain component includes a plurality of through holes which pierce the grain component in a direction offset from the longitudinal direction.