Apparatus for lauching umbilical-guided missiles

Details Apparatus for lauching umbilical-guided missiles Apparatus for lauching umbilical-guided missiles

1989-10-18

1991-08-27

Brown, David H.

Ammunition and explosives

Projectiles

Line carrying or filamentary material distributing

89 134, 89 1811, 89 1816, 244 312, F41F 304, F41G 720, F42B 1268

Patent

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050423908

ABSTRACT:
Guided missiles (10) which trail control umbilicals such as optical fibers (20) are launched from an array (16) of launch tubes (14) that point in the same direction. A swing arm (40) extends over the face of the array (16) to capture and move the umbilicals (20) of previously launched missiles (10) away from the portion of the array (16) from which the next missile (10) will be launched, to avoid interference between the launched missile (10) and the exisiting umbilicals (20). As each missile (10) is launched, the swing arm (40) recycles to capture the umbilical (20) of the newly launched missile (10).

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patent: 4247059 (1981-01-01), Duke et al.
patent: 4724768 (1988-02-01), Robinson et al.
patent: 4907763 (1990-03-01), Pinson

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