Controlled-jet-supported hovering platform chiefly for use in mine clearing

Claim 1

A HOVERING PLATFORM ADAPTED FOR MINE CLEARING PURPOSES AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A BATTERY OF SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL ROCKETS EQUIPPED EACH WITH TWO COAXIAL COUNTERING NOZZLES OF UNEQUAL AREA AND TRANSVERSELY RANKED WITH REGARD TO SAID AXIS, A FIRST SERIES OF LARGER AREA NOZZLES BEING DIRECTED TOWARD THE GROUND IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE HOT GASES EJECTED APPLY A HIGH PRESSURE ONTO THE GROUND ALONG AT LEAST A CONTINUOUS LINE SUBSTANTIALLY AS BROAD AS SAID FIRST SERIES AND A SECOND SERIES OF SMALLER AREA NOZZLES BEING DIRECTED UPWARD SO AS TO REDUCE THE RESULTING THRUST APPLIED TO THE PLATFORM TO A VALUE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO ITS WEIGHT, PROPULSIVE AND STABILIZING MEANS, WHEREBY THE PLATFORM HOVERING AT A SMALL HEIGHT CAUSES THE MINES TO EXPLODE WITHIN A PATH CROSSING A MINE FIELD.