Vietnam builds a thermal battery for missiles

The Institute of Military Technology has recently perfected the technology of battery technology used in aerospace and military technology, especially low-level air-to-air missiles.

The process of manufacture of thermal batteries include: manufacture of anode (impregnation of the active substances on the grid to ensure sufficient components, proportions, uniform distribution of components); cathode (calcination, calcium and magnesium point welding with conductive tips); manufacture of single-cell battery; manufacture of leaves of fire; fabrication and stainless steel cover; Single battery assembly and thermal battery assembly.

Along with the products of the test battery to meet the technical criteria set out, through the test to ensure good quality, the topic has completed the process of manufacturing thermal batteries; build up the assembly line with the capacity of 300 products per year and complete the set of technical standards for the product.

Ground-fire missile exercises, fireworks
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Thermal batteries, also called rechargeable batteries, use solid electrolytes in storage, melting at work. As with other types of electrical sources, thermal batteries are very diverse in composition and chemical composition. Thermal batteries have been studied and put into industrial production in many countries since the 1950s but are still new to our country.

The advantages of the thermal battery are its long preservation time, fast activation time, energy density as well as high current intensity due to the good electrical conductivity of the molten electrolyte. The battery is also reliable, convenient to use and maintenance free. Today's heat pumps are always the number one choice in military and aerospace technology. They are used in artillery shells, slow fuses of bombs, target systems, parachute jumpers.

In rocket technology, the heat pump is used for low-altitude air-to-air missiles that provide power to the infrared head to capture targets. The technology of producing thermal batteries has always been kept secret by the nations, so the success of this research is the basis for our scientists to approach and master the technology of manufacturing battery technology for battery manufacturing. For low-level air-defense missiles in particular and missiles in general.