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The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). As the United States Navy 's first SLBM, it served from 1961 to 1980. In the mid-1950s the Navy was involved in the Jupiter missile project with the U.S. Army , and had influenced the design by making it squat so it would fit in ...
The missile in question, designated the UGM-27 Polaris, proved to be a success, and would usher in the age of the ballistic missile submarine as part of the nuclear triad used by both of the superpowers during the Cold War in accordance with the mutually assured destruction policy. Articles in which this image appears
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.
The United Kingdom's Polaris programme, officially named the British Naval Ballistic Missile System, provided its first submarine-based nuclear weapons system. Polaris was in service from 1968 to 1996. Polaris itself was an operational system of four Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines, each armed with 16 Polaris A-3 ballistic missiles.
UGM-27 Polaris; UGM-73 Poseidon; UGM-89 Perseus; UGM-96 Trident I; UGM-133 Trident II; Umkhonto; UMTAS; UR-100 intercontinental ballistic missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name SS-11 Sego) UR-100MR (common alternate designation for the MR-UR-100 Sotka) UR-100N intercontinental ballistic missile (Russia; Cold War) (NATO reporting name ...
Missile test: 15 October: Successful Apogee: 402 kilometres (250 mi) 16 October 16:30:02 UGM-27 Polaris A2 USS Andrew Jackson, ETR US Navy US Navy Suborbital Missile test: 16 October: Successful Apogee: 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) 16 October: MGM-31 Pershing I Fort Wingate US Army US Army Suborbital Missile test: 16 October: Successful
ET.317 was a thermonuclear weapon of the British Royal Navy, developed for the UK version of the UGM-27 Polaris missile. Development
After she was commissioned on 14 August 1964, [2] Casimir Pulaski stood out of Electric Boat for a three-month shakedown cruise with both crews to the waters off Cape Kennedy where she test-fired multiple UGM-27 Polaris ballistic missiles. Blue Crew's first missile firing was on 31 October and Gold Crew's was on 13 November 1964. [2]