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Don't most air to air (or surface to air) missiles operate on a similar principle? The explosive warhead itself is not usually what destroys the enemy aircraft,
by cyberferret 7y ago
Don't most air to air (or surface to air) missiles operate on a similar principle? The explosive warhead itself is not usually what destroys the enemy aircraft, but rather, the warhead is set to detonate within proximity of the enemy plane, releasing a bunch of metal shrapnel that acts like a spinning buzzsaw and literally shreds nearby aircraft to pieces (look at pictures of the recovered MH17 wreckage for evidence of this pattern).
- hatsunearu 7y agoI think this weapon is a direct hit kill vehicle, which isn't very common. In fact the ATA missiles are more like traditional HE munitions (like artillery shells), spraying fragments to kill the target.
- bart_spoon 7y agoThis isn't shrapnel. Most bombs involve some kind of killing power via shrapnel. This one doesn't even seem to explode. It just extends six, 3 foot long swords from the main body prior to impact, dicing everything in the immediate radius. Precisely because of the lack of shrapnel/explosion, the risk of collateral damage to nearby people is supposedly greatly reduced. As long as you aren't within the killing radius of the blades, you theoretically shouldn't be harmed.