Spinning missile launcher

Claim 1

A MISSILE LAUNCHER COMPRISING A GUIDE MEMBER PIVOTABLE IN ELEVATION AT ITS REAR END, SUPPORT MEANS MOVABLE LENGTHWISE OF SAID MEMBER INCLUDING CRADLE MEANS UNDERLYING AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A SELF-PROPELLING MISSILE WITH ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO SAID MEMBER, BEARING SURFACES IN SAID CRADLE MEANS ON WHICH SAID MISSILE IS ROTATABLE, SPINNING MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS ADJACENT THE REAR END THEREOF AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CRADLE MEANS, SAID SPINNING MEANS INCLUDING A BEARING MOUNTED CYLINDER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME DIAMETER AS THE ADJACENT END PORTION OF SAID MISSILE FOR ROTATABLE ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, MEANS ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS TO ROTATE SAID SPINNING MEANS, AND MEANS TO PIVOT SAID MEMBER AT ITS SAID REAR END AND TO INCLINE SAID MISSILE TO A DESIRED POSITION FOR LAUNCHING.