BROACH warhead
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The BROACH warhead is an advanced multi-stage warhead developed by Team BROACH; BAE Systems Land Systems Munitions & Ordnance, Thales Missile Electronics and QinetiQ. BROACH stands for Bomb Royal Ordnance Augmented CHarge.
Development of BROACH began in 1991 when Team BROACH consisted of British Aerospace RO Defence, Thomson-Thorn Missile Electronics and DERA. The two stage warhead is made up from an augmenting warhead and a follow through bomb. The weapon is designed to attack hardened targets.
Applications
- Storm Shadow/SCALP EG
- Joint Standoff Weapon Unitary variant (JSOW-C)
References
- BAE Systems plc (Jan. 5, 2004) ["BAE Systems JSOW Unitary BROACH program enters operational test"]. Press release.
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