A method is provided for destroying a target that includes dispersing
submunition fragments in an array that is directed to intercept the
target, and engaging said fragments to collide against an outer shell of
the target, wherein said array distributes said fragments as having a
ratio between a characteristic length of said fragments and a separation
distance of at most 2.5 and a collision velocity of between 1.8 km/s 2.0
km/s. The ratio is preferably at most 1.9. The characteristic length
corresponds to a spherical radius of the fragment. Each fragment has a
mass between 150 grains and 300 grains. The array is preferably aligned
to intercept the target at an angle offset by between 15.degree. and
45.degree. from perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the target. Each
fragment has a preferable shape of a prism, a trapezoid or a pyramid.