Description
The Pershing missile was a surface-to-surface missile designed for dissemination of chemical agents.
The chemical warhead for the Pershing missile was based on the utilization of self-dispersing munitions, or bomblets, clustered within the missile nose section. The clustering of the bomblets required a special warhead system design, which would release the bomblets into the airstream at a predetermined altitude upon receipt of a fuzing signal. The ground impact pattern could be increased in size by increasing the altitude of bomblet release, or vice versa.
The payload compartment was divided longitudinally into three equal sections. The proposed method of skin separation utilized three explosive longerons within which are housed a linear-shaped charge.
The warhead was used with E130R2 bomblets. Approximately 537 bomblets (2.4 pounds each with 1.3 pounds of agent) were used in the warhead.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
Source(s)
Old Chemical Weapons and Related Materiel Reference Guide (2018)
