Patent ID: 8561564

Claim:
A launching apparatus for launching an underwater moving body ( 4 , 5 ) comprising: a land-based carrier system ( 2 ) for transporting the underwater moving body ( 4 , 5 ), and a deployment system ( 8 ; 27 ; 43 ; 44 ; 52 ; 58 ) for land-based deployment of the underwater moving body ( 4 , 5 ) into a coastal waterway ( 25 , 28 ), wherein the deployment system ( 8 ; 44 ; 52 ; 58 ) has a cage ( 7 ) for holding the underwater body ( 4 , 5 ), the cage ( 7 ) has struts which surround the underwater moving body and the cage can be lowered into the coastal waterway, and the underwater moving body ( 4 , 5 ) can be launched from this cage ( 7 ).