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USS George Washington, the first U.S. missile submarine, successfully launched the first Polaris missile from a submerged submarine on July 20, 1960. The A-2 version of the Polaris missile was essentially an upgraded A-1, and it entered service in late 1961. It was fitted on a total of 13 submarines and served until June 1974.
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead and allows a single launched missile to strike several targets.
The 21-round launcher for the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile. [6] Mk 53 Nulka anti-missile decoy launcher. [6] Mk 56 The Mk 56 GMLS is a vertical launch system for the RIM-162C Evolved Sea Sparrow missile. This launcher is primarily used by the Royal Danish Navy and has not been adopted by the USN Mk 57
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The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket.It succeeded the UGM-27 Polaris beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads and accuracy.
Mk 10 Terrier Missile launcher; Mk 11 Tartar Missile launcher; Mk 12 Talos Missile launcher; Mk 13 Missile Launcher; Mk 14 torpedo; Mk 15 torpedo; Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; Mk 16 5 inch DP (Dual Purpose) Gun; Mk 16 ASROC Launcher; Mk 19 Grenade launcher; Mk 22 3 inch Gun; Mk 22 Missile Launcher; Mk 24 Tigerfish Torpedo; Mk 25 Sea Sparrow launcher; Mk ...
The Pukguksong-1 [a] (Korean: 북극성-1; lit. Polaris 1), [b] alternatively KN-11 in intelligence communities outside North Korea, is a North Korean, two-stage submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that was successfully flight tested on 24 August 2016.
The Polaris Sales Agreement was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom which began the UK Polaris programme.The agreement was signed on 6 April 1963. It formally arranged the terms and conditions under which the Polaris missile system was provided to the United Kingdom.