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A Tragic Accident
Fire Aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal (CV 59)
Date: 29 July 1967 Time: 10:50 AM Cost: $72.1 M (1967), Lives Lost: 134 Seriously Injured: 64
$350 M (2005)
Source: Naval Weapons Center Report, China Lake, CA, January 1975
A GOOD DOCUMENTARY
GREGORY A. FREEMAN
Harper Collins Publishers
1 Amp -1 Watt In-Line No Longer Acceptable An ISD is Now Mandatory for New Exploratory, Advanced Engineering, and Operational System Developments. Par. 1.2
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ISD
Ignition Safety Device
Electrical Interface
Safety Features: Out-of-Line Energetics Safety Shorts Insensitive 1 A/1 W Squibs Deflagrating Output
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Launch Control
ISD
Return
SHIELD
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Improved Interface
ARM (+28 VDC)
Launch Control
ISD
Return
SHIELD
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Flyer High Voltage Pulse Slapper Bridge HNS-IV Pellet BKNO3 Deflagration
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Igniter for
Rocket Motors Gas Generators Pressure Cartridge Pyrotechnic Actuators, Ejectors, Pin Pullers, Valves and other piston driven devices.
3 Xactual size
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ARDEC Funded Development Now in Advanced Development Low Risk for Qualification
Passed Engineering Env. Testing Based on Fully Qualified LEEFI
Enhances Safety
MIL-DTL-23659
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IPS Operation
Electrical
+V increased to exceed breakdown voltage of gap Breakdown voltage set by gap size Other characteristics set by surrounding circuitry
Gap
LEEFI Bridge
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Jitter
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Test Results
60 for 60 (30 hot, 30 cold)
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Self-Contained ISD
Single Unit Possible Drop-in Replacement Location Restricted All components at Ignition Point
Control
EFDI
Safety Logic HV Converter Energy Storage HV Switch
Deflagrating Output
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S a fe ty L o g ic H V C o n v e rte r E n e rg y S to ra g e H V S w itc h
Pow er
EFDI
IS D M o d u le
Ig n itio n M o d u le
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IP S
S trip lin e
EFDI
R etu rn
IS D M o d u le
Ig n itio n M o d u le
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EFDI
Power
Return
ISD Module
Ignition Module
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W ARHEAD TR IG G E R M IS S IL E C O M M U N IC A T IO N POW ER
E LE C TR O N IC S A FE A R M D E V IC E (E S A D )
(M IL-S TD -1316)
D E TO N A TIO N O U TP U T
W ARHEAD IN IT IA TIO N
ARM
(D Y N A M IC D R IV E )
FIR E
POW ER
FE E D B A C K
(O P TIO N A L)
POW ER
R E TU R N
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Conclusions
ISD Safety Evolution Has Been Slow New Devices and Warhead ESAD Technology Is Ready to Offer Improvements in:
Safety Reliability Design Flexibility Weight Cost
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