Vacuum insulated storage tanks for missile use

Claim 1

A CRYOGENIC LIQUID STORAGE CONTAINER FOR MISSILE USE COMPRISING: AN INNER VESSEL, AN OUTER SHELL SURROUNDING AND OUTWARDLY SPACED FROM SAID INNER VESSEL DEFINING AN EVACUABLE INSULATING SPACE THEREBETWEEN; A PLURALITY OF LOW THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE BRACE MEMBERS POSITIONED A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM LATERAL DISTANCE APART IN SAID INSULATING SPACE; SAID INNER VESSEL AND OUTER SHELL HAVING A WALL THICKNESS SUFFICIENTLY THIN SUCH THAT NEITHER IS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING BY ITSELF THE ENTIRE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN SAID INNER VESSEL AND THE AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE; AND SAID BRACE MEMBERS, SAID INNER VESSEL AND SAID OUTER SHELL BEING COOPERATIVELY CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO MAINTAIN SAID BRACE MEMBERS IN A STATE OF COMPRESSION, TO ELASTICALLY COMPRESS SAID INNER VESSEL SUCH THAT THE INNER VESSEL WALLS ELASTICALLY BUCKLE BETWEEN SAID BRACE MEMBERS, AND TO ELASTICALLY STRETCH SAID OUTER SHELL.