Continuous-rod warhead: Difference between revisions

To be effective the detonation must occur sufficiently close to the target aircraft, so this type of warhead is used in only in precision [[radar]] [[guided missile|guided missiles]] such as the [[AIM-7120 SparrowAMRAAM]]. Other missile types such as the heat seeking [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] will fly to and contact a heat source such as the tailpipe of a jet engine and so detonate sufficiently close to (or within) the aircraft as to allow the effective use of a simple high explosive or fragmentation type warhead.