USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Myron Lyn Thomas, Ii

Carl Lee Sisemore

A mobile terrestrial vertical missile launch system is provided for relocatable ballistic missile deployment. The system is connectable to a transport truck and includes a trailer, a pivotable canister, a plurality of stabilizing legs, and an equipment module. The trailer has a hitch for connecting to the truck, a base for supporting wheels for road travel, and a flatbed platform having a transverse hinge. The canister contains launcher for at least one missile and is configurable by rotation at the hinge for disposal in either a longitudinal position for stowage or an erected position for deployment. The stabilizing legs are disposed along a periphery of the trailer. The legs can be disposed in one of an elevated position for stowage and a retarded position for ground engagement. The equipment container supplies electrical power, environmental conditioning, tracking, communication and control for the missile.

Mobile vertical missile launcher

A device is provided for recording transverse acceleration of a projectile longitudinally traveling along a barrel. Within the projectile, the device includes a base, a cantilever beam, a stylus and a medium. The beam longitudinally extends at a first end from the base. The stylus connects to a second end of the beam, being longitudinally opposite from the first end. The medium is rigidly fixed relative to the base and indicates transverse deflection extent of the second end onto the medium. The transverse deflection extent can be vertically perpendicular to the beam, and the stylus can permit deflection that is horizontally perpendicular to the beam. A method is provided for recording transverse acceleration of a projectile longitudinally traveling along a barrel that includes providing a base within the projectile, suspending a cantilever beam longitudinally within the projectile from the base from a first end of the beam, fixing a medium relative to the base, and connecting a stylus to a second end of said beam, the second end being opposite from the first end, the stylus indicating transverse deflection extent of the second end onto the medium.

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Fredericksburg, VA, United States of America

Myron Lyn Thomas, Ii