Patent ID: 7571680

Claim:
A delayed-ignition ordnance device for dropped-release from military aircraft, which does not explode upon impact, instead forcefully ejecting atomized fuel in an upwardly direction in its impact zone for airborne dispersal in, around, and beyond the impact zone, said device comprising: a canister having a hollow interior configured for holding liquid fuel, sides with a pleated structure configured for nose-to-tail collapse upon impact after descent from military aircraft, a concave nose configuration adapted for creation of an invisible nose cone to provide enhanced flight stability and stable storage in a tail-up position, and a tail opening configured for easy fuel entry into and forceful fuel exit in an atomized spray from said canister; a quantity of liquid fuel capable of being atomized; a pop-open tail plug configured for sealing said tail opening and partial release from said tail opening so as to form a venturi nozzle that atomizes said fuel in said canister as it is forcefully sprayed from said canister in an upwardly direction as said sides of said canister achieve nose-to-tail collapse upon impact after descent; and a plurality of tail fins outwardly extending from said canister in positions remote from said concave nose and configured for stable nose-down flight of said canister wherein once said fuel is forcefully sprayed from said canister, dispersed into and beyond an impact area, and then ignited, the intense heat from its burning eliminates all life in the entire fuel dispersal area into which said fuel has traveled and also can destroy unexploded ordnance in the dispersal area but not necessarily visible within the impact zone.