Presentation - The Convention on Cluster Munitions

CHILEAN ARMY´S FACTORIES
AND ARMOURIES
DEMILITARIZATION OF CLUSTER
AMMUNITION
CAPTAIN MANUEL ESPINOZA A.
September 2013
Lusaka, Zambia
Since 1811, adding value to Armed Forces
FAMAE
Government own
company
Relates to the
Government through
the NMD
Relates to the Army
through the Military
Industry command
Small calibre
Armament
Manufacturing &
recovery
maintenance
Small calibre
ammunition
Manufacturing
Autonomous
Administration
Own Patrimony
Rockets & Missiles
System Plant
Diagnosis Certification – Useful
life extension
Legal Structure
And Operative
Capabilities
ISO 9001 - 2008
Army´s armoured
Vehicles
Maintenance Service
Ammunition
De-militarization
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
DE-MILITARIZATION PROCESS
Transportation of
ammunition to
Demilitarization
facilities
Disassembling
of screwed
elements
Disassembling
of engarced
elements
Disasambling
Charge
removal
Propellants
Components
Removal &
Destruction
Primary
Explosives
Igniters
neutralization
Metals
classification
Packing
recycling
Steel
Woods
Cooper
Metallic
Aluminiu
m
Papers
Others
Others
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
FAMAE´s Technical capabilities
• FAMAE has performed demilitarization of different calibres ammunition
since 1979, reaching up to more than 2,500 tons of de-militarized
ammunition.
• To achieve such capability, the corresponding processes and
machinery was developed, in accordance with each type of
ammunition.
• Among the demilitarization, FAMAE´s experiences incudes the support
to Ecuador in 2009 for the equipment and implementation of its
ammunition demilitarization center.
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
• According to specification and range of dangerousness, each
requires an specific demilitarization process. This process must be
performed with safe and secure procedure in order to protect the
civilian and military personnel.
• FAMAE has developed clean processes minimizing environmental
impact. However, in order to preserve security, some components
must be destroyed through monitored detonations in controlled
áreas, qualified for this purpose. After the necessary detonations
the affected area is supervised and inspected to verify the no
existence of unexploded ordnances “UXOs”.
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
Demilitarization of Rockets
ESPOLETA
PERNO GUIA
OJIVA POLIAMIDA
Analysis of the
ammunition
configuration to
establish the
proper procedure
CABEZA DE GUERRA (HE o RACIMO)
SISTEMA DE
ESTABILIZACION
(CERRADO)
CARGA EXPLOSIVA o SUBMUNICION
CONECTOR
TREN DETONANTE
INICIADOR
PROPELENTE
FUZE - OGIVE – WARHEAD POLIAMIDE – EXPLOSIVE CHARGE
EXPLOSIVE TRAIN – IGNITER – PROPELENT - CONNECTOR
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
Design and
manufacture of a
workstation to
disassemble a rocket
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
Design and manufacture a
workstation to burn the
motor’s propellant
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Disassemble the warhead of a
cluster ammunition
Extraction of bombs from the
warhead of a cluster
ammunition
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Organizing the bombs to a controlled
destruction
Bomb’s destruction
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Verification of the detonation place to verify
the no existence of UXOs
The metallic elements from the destruction
are sent to a foundry.
Desmilitarizado Cohetes con Cabeza de Racimo
Demilitarized Cluster Ammunition
Cluster Ammunition
Kind
LAR Systems Rockets
(160mm)
Total
Quantity
Number of Batches
13
3-194
13
3-195
13
3-219
13
3-221
13
3-224
13
3-226
13
3-229
13
3-230
13
3-233
13
3-234
9
3-235
13
3-238
10
3-239
13
3-241
13
3-245
13
3-253
13
3-255
11
3-256
13
3-258
11
3-260
249
Explosive
submunition
type
1-92
Total Quantity of
explosive
submunitions
Number of
Batches
Aditional Information
104 in each ogive
No available
160mm war cluster head Rockets.
Production year: 1992.
Total existence was demilitarized
(249 units).
Total
25.896
End of Presentation
Thank you very much
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