Adapter for missile launcher

Claim 1

IN A MISSLE SYSTEM MOUNTED IN A SUBMARINE AND OPERABLE WHILE SUBMERGED TO VERTICALLY LAUNCH A LARGE MISSILE, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OUTER TUBE VERTICALLY MOUNTED IN SAID SUBMARINE, AN INNER TUBE RESILIENTLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID OUTER TUBE, SAID TUBES HAVING THEIR UPPER ENDS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SUBMARINE, A HATCH OPERABLE TO OPEN AND CLOSE SAID UPPER ENDS OF SAID TUBES, A SUPPORT RING ADJACENT AND RESILIENTLY SUPPORTED BY THE LOWER END OF SAID INNER TUBE, SAID SUPPORT RING BEING OPERABLE TO VERTICALLY SUPPORT SAID LARGE MISSILE, AN ACCESS PASSAGEWAY THROUGH SAID TUBES OPERABLE TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE GUIDANCE OPENING OF SAID LARGE MISSILE, AN AIR EJECT SYSTEM OPERABLE TO EJECT SAID LARGE MISSILE FROM SAID INNER TUBE, SAID EJECT SYSTEM INCLUDING A CHAMBER BELOW THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID TUBES; THE COMBINATION OF AN ADAPTER STOOL OPERABLE TO CONVERT SAID SYSTEM IN A MANNER TO PERMIT THE LAUNCHING OF A SMALL MISSILE, SAID SMALL MISSILE BEING SHORTER IN HEIGHT AND LIGHTER IN WEIGHT THAN SAID LARGE MISSILE, SAID ADAPTER STOOL BEING OPERABLY INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID SUPPORT RING AND SMALL MISSILE IN A MANNER TO COMPENSATE FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN HEIGHT OF SAID SMALL MISSILE IN A MANNER TO PERMIT ALIGNMENT OF SAID ACCESS PASSAGEWAY WITH THE GUIDANCE OPENING OF SAID SMALL MISSILE, SAID ADAPTER HAVING A ONE-WAY VALVE MEANS OPERABLE TO PERMIT EJECT AIR TO PASS THERETHROUGH FROM SAID CHAMBER TO EJECT SAID SMALL MISSILE AND TO PROHIBIT FLUID FLOW REVERSELY THERETHROUGH.