[Rokke]

Riiight.. Orange colored, non-metallic, transparent, 5mm diameter beads are being used in SAM missile warheads to blow aircraft out of the sky. Is this some kind of joke?

[eno_]

the "transparent" thing is just plain wierd, although there are translucent alloys of aluminum. I would not think that would be any advantage in a piece of shrapnel in a SAM. But there is nothing at all wierd about 5mm Al/Ti pellet in a SAM warhead. It is just what one would expect.