1. Later " Norton Sound " was converted to a missile-launching platform . 2. The rifles are little more than launching platforms with triggering mechanisms. 3. But later, officials said, the launching platform might be left in place at sea. 4. They could be larger and so became missile launching platforms . 5. During her ensuing operations, the carrier served as the launching platform for Operation Skyhook. 6. At the player's end there are two launching platforms , one in front of either channel. 7. To score, a player has to launch a ball onto the launching platform down either channel. 8. Dinamo II is a launching platform for players from the youth sector of the Bucharest club. 9. After this point the seeker remains locked on the target, even if the aircraft or launching platform moves. 10. With this simple system, the majority of the tracking problem is offloaded from the missile to the launching platform .