Missile propelling device and missile therefor

A missile propelling device comprising a rigid bow, an ejection tube forming a part of said bow and disposed intermediate the ends thereof and arranged to receive and guide a missile in a direction transverse to said bow, a plurality of parallel guide rods whose corresponding ends are secured about the periphery of said ejection tube to define an elongated missile guiding passage whose axis is aligned with the axis of said ejection tube, a pair of diametrically opposite guide rods being arranged with their axes in the plane of said bow and said string being disposed therebetween to position the midportion thereof diametrically of said missile guiding passage, an elastic string attached to the ends of said bow and having its midportion disposed between preselected guide rods and astride said missile guiding passage, an end cap secured to the ends of said guide rods remote from said ejection tube, and hook means mounted on said end cap and arranged releasably to engage the midportion of said string, said string being engageable with a missile disposed in said missile guiding passage.