Self-destruct fuze for improved conventional munitions

A self-destruct fuze which comprises:

• means for mechanically exploding a submunition grenade upon inertial impact which includes:
• a fuze housing member operatively connected to said submunition;
• a ribbon stabilizer disposed in said housing;
• a packable slide lock aerodynamically removable from said housing;
• an arming screw attached to said ribbon stabilizer having a firing pin located on a bottom end of said arming screw;
• an inertia weight threadedly attached to said arming screw;
• a spring loaded slide assembly operatively supporting said arming screw;
• a stab detonator positioned in said slide assembly and in alignment with said firing pin when said fuze has been aerodynamically armed;
• means for electrically self-destructing said submunition when said mechanical means fails to explode said submunition after a fixed time period;
• wherein said means for electrically self-destructing said submunition includes:
• means for aerodynamically electrical arming said grenade at submunition ejection;
• and electro-explosive means for initiating said slab detonator when said means for mechanically exploding fails to do so after a fixed interval of time;
• and
• wherein said means for aerodynamically electrical arming includes:
• a spiral safety member aerodynamically removed from said slide member at cargo ejection;
• an electrical shunt member aerodynamically removed from said slide member at cargo ejection;
• a reserve battery operatively disposed in said slide assembly;
• and
• a spring loaded lever actuator operatively placed adjacent to said reserve battery for initiating said reserve battery when said spiral safety member is aerodynamically removed.