Jettisonable end cone for aircraft rocket missile pods

Claim 1

A CARRIER FOR ROCKET MISSILES AND THE LIKE ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED ON THE EXTERIOR OF AN AIRCRAFT AND TO REMAIN IN PLACE ON THE AIRCRAFT WHILE MISSILES ARE DISCHARGED THEREFROM, SAID CARRIER COMPRISING: A. MEANS DEFINING AN ELONGATED CENTRAL COMPARTMENT HAVING (1) A PLURALITY OF LENGTHWISE EXTENDING LAUNCHING TUBES, EACH ADAPTED TO CARRY AMISSILE, AND (2) AN OUTER SKIN WHICH SURROUNDS THE LAUNCHING TUBES; B. MEANS PROVIDING A STREAMLINED TAIL CONE FOR SAID CENTRAL COMPARTMENT; C. A NOSE CONE FOR SAID CENTRAL COMPARTMENT WHICH COOPERATES WITH ITS SAID OUTER SKIN AND WITH THE TAIL CONE TO STREAMLINE THE CARRIER PRIOR TO LAUNCHING OF MISSILES THEREFROM AND WHICH IS CAPABLE OF WITHSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF PRECIPITATION ENCOUNTERED DURING HIGH SPEED FLIGHT, SAID NOSE CONE COMPRISING WALL MEANS OF READILY FRANGIBLE MATERIAL SECURED TO THE FRONT OF THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT; AND D. MEANS FOR RAPIDLY SEPARATING THE NOSE CONE FROM THE CENTRAL COMPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE LAUNCHING OF MISSILES, WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE REMAINDER OF THE CARRIER, MISSILES CARRIED THEREIN, OR AN AIRCRAFT ON WHICH THE CARRIER IS MOUNTED, AND BREAKING THE SAME INTO SMALL FRAGMENTS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING (1) A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED CHARGES OF READILY DETONATABLE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL IN THE WALL MEANS AT SPACED APART LOCATIONS AND LYING BETWEEN THE INNER AND OUTER FACES THEREOF, (2) EACH OF SAID CHARGES HAVING AN END PORTION PROJECTING FROM THE WALL MEANS INTERIORLY OF THE NOSE CONE, AND SAID END PORTIONS HAVING THEIR EXTREMITIES CONTIGUOUS TO ONE ANOTHER; AND (3) MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID CONTIGUOUS EXTREMITIES OF THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DETONATING SAID CHARGES.