ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,032, issued on June 17, was assigned to RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENSE SYSTEMS LTD. (Haifa, Israel).
"Barrier-breaching munition" was invented by Nadav Tal (Haifa, Israel), Yoel Drive (Haifa, Israel), Eyal Cohen (Haifa, Israel) and Lusia Oposhnian (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flown munition that is rocket-propelled for hitting a target behind a barrier, and which comprises a rocket motor; and a successive payload that is mounted behind the rocket motor in a tandem configuration and is towed by it; and wherein the rocket motor is used for accelerating the munition towards the barrier and also serves as a sort of kinetic pene...