MIL-STD-2105C Defense Division Test Method Standard: Hazard Assessment Tests for Non-Nuclear Ordnance

The MIL-STD-2105C standard, a United States military defense standard, defines test methods for the evaluation of safety and insensitive munitions characteristics for all non-nuclear munitions, munitions subsystems, and explosive devices. The purpose of these test methods is to provide a framework for the development of a combined safety and insensitive munitions evaluation test program for non-nuclear munitions.

These test methods are performed to characterize munitions and provide service review organizational information for decision making. This standard applies to:

• All non-nuclear munitions, that is, purely missiles, rockets, pyrotechnic devices
• Munitions subsystems, e.g. warheads, detonators, cartridge-operated devices, propulsion units, safety and weapons devices, pyrotechnic devices, chemical payloads
• Other explosive devices

In all cases, it may not be possible to test for all threats. Therefore, it is necessary to select the most likely, reliable stimuli that are expected to cause the greatest damage to life, property or combat effectiveness.

Three sets of tests are commonly used to evaluate ammunition:

• Insensitive ammunition tests as contained or covered by this standard
• Hazard classification tests used to classify ammunition for transport and storage purposes
• System-specific tests used to assess ammunition safety and conformance response system vulnerability

In order to make the best use of limited resources and avoid test redundancy, it is necessary to adapt insensitive munitions test plans as much as possible. Thus, all three lowest sets are handled in a coordinated testing program with a minimum number of samples.

Additional hazard tests may be required to fully assess the tactical and logistical vulnerability of the given weapon system to potential threats to the system. Accordingly, project managers and munitions developers must perform a threat hazard assessment to determine the adequacy of insensitive munitions tests referred to or specified in this standard.

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