Multiple stores weapons rail for use with an aircraft

A multiple stores weapons rail attached to an underside of a fuselage of an aircraft, said multiple stores weapons rail comprising:

• an elongated box beam structure mounted on the underside of the fuselage of said aircraft, said elongated box beam structure having a forward structural member and a rear structural member;
• ball joint coupling means for coupling said forward structural member to said rear structural member, said ball joint coupling means allowing for rotational and angular movement of said forward structural member with respect to said rear structural member;
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• first, second and third substantially identical shaped elongated pylons attached to said elongated box beam structure respectively on a bottom, one side and an opposite side of said elongated box beam structure, said first elongated pylon being located on a centerline of said elongated box beam structure, said second and third elongated pylons extending from said elongated box beam structure at an angle of about twenty four degrees;
• said first elongated pylon having at least three openings, said second and third elongated pylons having at least two openings, each of said openings of said first, second and third pylons being adapted to receive a missile launcher for a missile.
• said ball joint coupling means comprising:
• a centrally located support member attached to an end plate of said forward structural member, said centrally located support member having a spherical shaped inner surface, the spherical shaped inner surface of said centrally located support member being adapted to seat a ball joint thereby providing for rotational movement of said ball joint within said centrally located support member, said ball joint having an aperture;
• first and second side support members positioned on each side of and parallel to said centrally located support member, said first and second side support members being attached to an end plate of said rear structural member;
• each of said first and second side support members having an aperture aligned with the aperture of said ball joint;
• the apertures of said first and second side support members and the aperture of said centrally located support member receiving a bolt, said bolt being secured to said first and second side support members and said centrally located support member by a nut threadably connected to said bolt.