MIL-S-23069 Safety Requirements, Minimum, For Air Launched Guided Missiles

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MIL-S-23069A(AS)

3.10.3 Limits of testing signal. Test procedures and equipment shall not

generate a signal that will actuate the missile warhead fuzing assembly which

would result in detonation of the warhead should the S&A mechanism be in the

ARMED condition.

3.11 Missile stowage areas aboard ship. Ready service missile stowage area

stanchions or missile support systems shall prevent unrestrained motion of the

missile under high shock conditions or in the event of an inadvertent ignition

of the missile rocket motor. The stowage of the missile shall be designed to

prevent any sympathetic detonation. This requirement may be accomplished by

stacking nose to tail or by the use of absorbing barrier materials

(nonmetallic armor around the warhead).

3.11.1 Sprinkling system requirements. Stowage areas shall have a "wet"

sprinkling systems. The design of this system shall minimize the "umbrella

effect" due to missiles being stowed with their centerlines in the same

vertical plane.

3.11.2 Fire fighting requirements. There shall be hand-operated fire

fighting equipment available for use in the stowage area. Portable carbon

dioxide, foam or gas, shall make a portion of this equipment. In the

selection of such equipment, consideration shall be given to its compatibilitY

with the operation of the ship, as set forth in Chapters 550 and 700 of NAVSEA

9086-XG-STM-OOO.

3.11.3 Stowage area pressure relief provisions. A stowage area design goal

shall be to provide pressure relief to effectively relieve abnormal stowage

area pressures (resulting from the inadvertent ignition of rocket motor) to

a level that can be withstood by the stowage area bulkheads.

3.11.4 Stowage area electrical provisions. All electrical conductors and

equipments except those necessary to provide service to the stowage area shall

be excluded from the area

3.11.5 Static electricity control, Methods shall be employed in the stowage

area to prevent the accumulation and discharge of static electricity. Missile

stanchions or support systems shall permit electrical continuity from the

missile to the ship structure.

3.11.6 Material restrictions. The design of the stowage area and its

equipment shall eliminate the use of flammable metals. Wherever possible,

designs and methods shall be employed to reduce the ignition and resulting

hazards. Paints and varnishes as well as materials employed in the stowage

area shall not include materials which will evolve toxic gases when subjected

to high temperatures.

3.11.7 Flame tight provisions. Stowage area doors and hatches shall be flame

tight. Power operated doors or hatches affording access to weapon handling

elevators shall be interlocked to assure that only one door or hatch is open

at any specified time.