Aim To sutdy the technological approaches to increase the lethality of war heads. Methods Ballistic gun is used to launch steel and tungsten balls in different masses and diameters to penetrate certain target plale with their velocties been measured and the penetrating performance between them is compared. Results The results show that heavy metal fragments possesses excellent penetrating performance. Conclusion Where the protective capability of the objects have been strengthened in actual battle field
the approach to fill heavy metal element into the missilesor rocket shells can increase their lethality.