Patent ID: 8181562

Claim:
Device for launching missiles from a ship, of the type comprising at least one missile launch ramp ( 9 , 9 ′), characterized in that it comprises a ditch ( 4 ) delimited by side walls, at least two ( 7 , 8 ) of which constitute bulwarks which extend around the periphery of the ship, the ditch being open above the exterior deck of the ship, in that the launch ramp ( 9 , 9 ′) is arranged in the ditch in such a way that it can be used to launch a missile over a lateral bulwark ( 7 , 8 ) of the ditch extending around the periphery of the ship, in that it comprises a means ( 14 , 14 ′) of discharging the missile propulsion gases comprising a duct ( 19 , 19 ′) opening onto an orifice ( 20 ) provided in a lateral bulwark ( 7 ) of the ditch extending around the periphery of the ship, and in that the lateral bulwarks ( 7 , 8 ) of the ditch have a height designed to conceal missiles arranged on the ramp, for an angle of incidence close to the horizontal of the ship.