Publications - Munitions Safety, Transport & Storage

This document compiles work among MSIAC and NATO member nations over the last 20 years in the field of munition cook-off simulation.  We have collected representative publications, papers, presentations, and other information on the topic, provide a cursory analysis of the breadth of efforts

The IM type V response descriptors given in AOP-39 Ed. 3 have raised a number of questions. MSIAC undertook a study to answer these questions.

Minimizing the probability and subsequent consequences of inadvertent initiation of munitions protects our force and reduces the severity of collateral damage. These direct benefits have been achieved thanks to the Insensitive Munitions community.

In the interest of providing immediate information resulting from Phase II of this Workshop, NIMIC has prepared Volume III of the IM Testing Workshop Report, covering Bullet Impact, Fragment Impact, Shaped Charge Jet Impact, Spall Impact as well as some considerations on Spigot

During the last 5 years NIMIC has organised a series of Workshops for its nations on IM threat stimuli. These workshops have covered Bullet/Fragment Impact, Cookoff (Slow and Fast), Sympathetic Reaction and Shaped Charge Jet Impingement.

In 1997 NIMIC held a Workshop on IM Testing the aim of which was "to write guidance on full-scale IM testing in order to improve confidence in and achieve international acceptability and broader applicability of test results".

The first version of "Mitigation Methods for Munitions (M³)" was published under the title "Ways and Methods to Insensitive Munitions - IM recipes".

The NIMIC organised a workshop under the tit le "Small-scale Testing and Modelling", which was held at the Four Points Hotel, Fort Walton Beach, FL, USA from the 24th to 28th January 2000.

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The report is restricted, the title and the abstract are unclassified, unlimited distribution

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