Patent ID: 7576281

Claim:
An apparatus for altering course of a sailing article, wherein said apparatus is launchable from an aircraft or surface towards said sailing article, wherein said apparatus comprises driving mechanism ( 10 ), comprising a nose section ( 12 ), a propulsion section ( 14 ), a drag chute section ( 16 ) and a cutting section ( 18 ) wherein said sections are integrally connected with one another in a tight and secure manner, and wherein upon launch said driving mechanism ( 10 ) is capable of steering itself on its own towards the sailing article and thereafter deploy said cutting section ( 18 ) to make a cut through said sailing article's hull for attaching itself thereto and wherein said driving mechanism ( 10 ) alters the initial trajectory or direction of said sailing article by deploying at least a drag chute ( 24 ) from said drag chute section ( 16 ).