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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 ...
Chevaline at RAF Cosford. Chevaline (/ ˈ ʃ ɛ v ə l iː n /) was a system to improve the penetrability of the warheads used by the British Polaris nuclear weapons system.Devised as an answer to the improved Soviet anti-ballistic missile defences around Moscow, the system increased the probability that at least one warhead would penetrate Moscow's anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defences ...
Beginning in the late 1960s, the United Kingdom operated four Resolution-class submarines, each armed with sixteen US-built UGM-27 Polaris missiles. The Polaris missile was supplied to Britain following the terms of the 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement. This nuclear deterrent system was known as the UK Polaris programme.
The Resolution class was a class of four nuclear ballistic missile submarines built for the Royal Navy as part of the UK Polaris programme. Each submarine was armed with up to 16 UGM-27 Polaris A-3 nuclear missiles. The class comprised Resolution, Repulse, Renown and Revenge.
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.
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]
Development of the Regulus II was well under way when the program was canceled in favor of the UGM-27 Polaris SLBM (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile) system, which gave unprecedented accuracy as well as allowing the launch submarine to remain submerged and covert.
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 ...