Patent ID: 7249567

Claim:
A launch system for use with a submarine, said launch system comprising: a tubular lower section; a tubular upper section capable of telescoping from said lower section and an exterior hull of the submarine, said upper section sized to accommodate a projectile for a launch operation and comprising a loading port for an admission action of the projectile to said launch system; a pressurized fluid storage fluidly connected to said lower section wherein said pressurized fluid storage is controllable to release a pressurized fluid that initiates the launch operation; a supply of pressurized fluid fluidly connected to said pressurized fluid storage wherein said supply is controllable to recharge said pressurized fluid storage; a sensor array positioned on an end of said upper section opposite an end of said upper section which telescopes from said lower section, said sensor array capable of signaling an initiation of the launch operation of said launch system; and a sleeve encompassing a periphery of said upper section wherein said sleeve permits a closing action of said loading port and the admission action to said loading port; wherein the launch operation of the projectile from said launch system, said upper section telescopes to the exterior of the submarine thereby allowing the projectile to launch through said upper section at a distance of the telescoping action from the exterior of the submarine.