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	UGM-27 Polaris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Polaris Missile was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) carrying a nuclear warhead developed during the Cold War for the United States Navy.
		The missile was 12.3 m (40.5 ft) long and with a finspan of 2.6 m (8.5 ft) and capable of delivering a 1 Mt warhead 4000 km.
		On May 6, 1962, a Polaris missile with a live W47 warhead was tested in Operation Dominic I, and was the only ever test of a live nuclear missile undertaken by the United States.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Polaris_missile (662 words)

	Polaris missile Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Polaris is also known as the "North Star", the "Lode Star", or the "Pole star", or sometimes "Polaris Borealis".
		Polaris is due to become an even more accurate pole star in the near future — the distance between Polaris and the pole will reach a minimum (of just under 1/2 degree) in 2100.
		Polaris is 431 light years (132 parsecs) from Earth, according to measurements made by the ''Hipparcos'' satellite.
	www.echostatic.com /Polaris_missile.html (637 words)

	UGM-27 Polaris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Polaris missile was a submarine-launched, nuclear-tipped ballistic missile (SLBM) built during the Cold War by the United States Navy.
		On May 6, 1962, a Polaris missile with a live W47 warhead was tested in Operation Dominic I, the only U.S. test of a live nuclear missile.
		The missile began to be replaced by Poseidon beginning in 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Polaris_missile (549 words)

	Polaris A1 - United States Nuclear Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Polaris A1 The Polaris A1 weighed 28,800 lb, with a length 28.5 ft and diameter 54 in., it had a range of approximately 1000 nm.
		The launch of a Lockheed-built Polaris A1 Fleet Ballistic Missile was the first in history from a submerged submarine, the USS George Washington (SSBN 598).
		She was the last of the first five SSBNs carrying the POLARIS A1 to return to the U.S. for overhaul.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/a-1.htm (382 words)

	Colloquium on Contemporary History, Seminar 9
		The effort that led to the Polaris SLBM was initiated in the aftermath of the Soviet detonation of a hydrogen (thermonuclear) device in August 1954 and the "Big Four" summit meeting in Geneva in September 1955.
		The 1,500-nautical-mile A-2 missile went on patrol in June 1962 in the USS Ethan Allen, and the 2,500-nautical-mile A-3 in the USS Daniel Webster in September 1964.
		While the Polaris Circular Error of Probability (CEP) is classified, a declassified Secretary of the Navy memorandum of 30 January 1958 credited the Polaris A-1 (1,200 NM) with a CEP of three to four miles and the A-2 (1,500 NM) with a CEP of two miles.
	www.history.navy.mil /colloquia/cch9d.html (4598 words)

	POMFLANT Remembered - History Page 2
		During 1974, the final Polaris A3 Missile buildup at POMFLANT was completed on 30 July, and the final Polaris A2 missiles were offloaded on 20 September.
		The Missile was outloaded aboard the USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) on 20 February 1979.
		It was not until April 1965 that a Pacific SSBN was outloaded at the new Polaris Missile Facilty, Pacific (POMFPAC), Bangor, Washington.
	www.multiwebs.net /pr/history2.html (1191 words)

	Air Power:Missiles and Rockets in Warfare
		Each new missile was an advance in the science: solid fuel in the Polaris, the microchip in the Minuteman, and multiple warheads.
		The missile was produced for the Soviet army in the 1950s and although primitive, used in combat during the Soviet-Afghanistan War that began in the late 1970s.
		Cruise missiles also are extremely hard to track, especially when they are close to the ground, as are their mobile launch pads.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Air_Power/Missiles/AP29.htm (2042 words)

	Polaris A3 - United States Nuclear Forces
		Polaris A3 The Polaris A3 missile was the first to have a range for 2,500 miles, and, while like the A2, it was 31 feet long (1.5 in.
		Two POLARIS A1 missiles, AlX-50 and 51, were reconfigured for tests of an advanced TVC system based upon injection of high-density fluid (Freon 114) into the exit cone of the nozzle, creating a shock pattern and causing the main exhaust stream to deflect.
		The POLARIS A3 missile became operational on 28 September 1964 when the USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) began her initial operational patrol with 16 A3 missiles.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/a-3.htm (1305 words)

	Left-aligned Column (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Each Polaris missile was housed in its own launch tube, which were arrange in two rows of eight behind the fin.
		The internal guidance system would position the missile on its course, and the second stage would fall away leaving the re-entry body (carrying the warheads) to follow the course to the target.
		In the meantime the existing Polaris system was upgraded with a new warhead codenamed Chevaline: Repulse and Renown were upgraded in 1982, Resolution in 1984, Revenge in 1988.
	www.17smugglers.freeserve.co.uk /resolutionclass.htm (1714 words)

	Ballistic Missiles
		Polaris was the first U.S. Navy ballistic missile system—a nuclear-powered submarine with 16 guided missiles, each armed with a nuclear warhead many times more powerful than those used in World War II.
		The Poseidon missile succeeded Polaris beginning in 1972, followed by Trident I in 1979, and Trident II in 1990.
		Polaris A-3 missiles carried multiple warheads, or MRV (for multiple reentry vehicle, the protective covering that keeps the warhead from burning up during atmospheric reentry).
	americanhistory.si.edu /subs/weapons/ballistic (460 words)

	NUCLEAR WEAPONS: SLBMS
		Polaris was the first true submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), developed under RADM William F. Raborn starting in November 1955.
		The Polaris missile and a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines to carry them were developed together based on new technology for warheads, propulsion and the nuclear submarine.
		Polaris was followed by Poseidon C-3, based on Polaris technology and able to fit the same tubes.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_nuclear_slbm.php (908 words)

	Polaris missile -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		After four years of research and development, the U.S. Navy in 1960 began to deploy nuclear-powered submarines armed with 16 Polaris missiles each.
		Each missile was 31 feet (9.4 m) long and 4.5 feet (1.4 m) in diameter and was powered by two solid-fueled stages.
		Accurate missiles could destroy missiles in fixed land sites; were all strategic missiles so based, the side firing first could hope to disarm its enemy.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060595?tocId=9060595 (813 words)

	First Polaris Submarine - HMS Resolution - Operational
		The Royal Air Force was not destined to have the monopoly of nuclear capability for long: in the early 1950s strategists had considered that a nuclear weapon might be delivered by sea, perhaps smuggled into a British harbour in the hold of a ship.
		Polaris and its successor Chevaline, were in service from 1968 to 1996.
		At this time, the UK had not achieved the level of computer-based modelling and simulation capability which existed in the US; but the A3 Polaris missile was ready for flight, increasing the pressure on AWRE to produce a viable design.
	www.awe.co.uk /main_site/about_awe/history/timeline/1968 (296 words)

	POLARIS Missile Facility, Atlantic (POMFLANT), Charleston, South Carolina - United States Nuclear
		Major components of the tactical POLARIS missile were to be shipped there, assembled, checked out, and outloaded on FBM submarines or stored for future outloading.
		These were the first missiles that had been assembled and tested at the Naval Weapons Annex and then shipped to the Cape for loading aboard the USS George Washington (SSBN-598).
		The USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) was the first submarine to carry the new and longer-range POLARIS A3, deploying from Charleston, South Carolina, on 28 September 1964.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/charleston.htm (1108 words)

	UGM 27 Polaris (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On May 6, 1962, a Polaris missile with a live W47 warhead was tested in Operation Dominic I and II, and was the only ever test of a live nuclear missile undertaken by the United States.
		The missile began to be replaced by Poseidon missile beginning in 1972, in the 1980s both were replaced by the Trident missile I. British Polaris
		The United Kingdom use of Polaris stems from the failure of the Blue Streak missile and the cancellation of the Skybolt missile project in the 1950s.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /US-Navy-munitions/UGM-27-Polaris.html (586 words)

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		The Polaris Missile was a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) carrying a nuclear warhead developed during the Cold War for the
		The British use of Polaris stems from the failure of the
		Nassau Conference (referred to as the Nassau Agreement) that the United States would supply Britain with Polaris missiles.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Polaris_missile (441 words)

	Lockheed UGM-27 Polaris
		Polaris A-1 was significantly smaller and lighter than the proposed Jupiter S, allowing much more missiles to be carried by a submarine of a given size.
		The first successful underwater launch of a Polaris missile was accomplished by this ship on 20 July 1960, and in November 1960, the Polaris A-1 SLBM became operational on SSBN-598.
		The Polaris A-3 was a significantly enhanced missile with all the extensive changes, which weren't incorporated in the A-1/2 because of the very short development time frame.
	www.designation-systems.net /dusrm/m-27.html (1020 words)

	History of the USS Robert E. Lee
		The A-3 missile was 31 feet long and 54 inches in diameter and carried a nuclear warhead.
		She completed her 55th and the US Navy's final Polaris patrol on Oct. 1, 1981, marking the end of a fleet total of 1,245 patrols and over 24,000 man-years at sea with the Polaris system.
		Her reactor was defueled, her missile section was removed, and she was decommissioned at Bremerton, WA, on Nov. 30, 1983, in a ceremony held aboard Missouri (BB-63).
	www.ssbn601.com /history.asp (2535 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Navy ordered five existing submarines to be modified to carry the Polaris missile, while other subs were built to the proper specifications.
		During a Polaris launch, the missile was ejected vertically through a hatch on the deck of the sub, riding in a column of air.
		The Polaris A-1 was officially retired from service in October, 1965 when the last George Washington Class sub, the Abraham Lincoln, returned to port.
	www.space.edu /LibraryResearch/swanson/Exhibits/Polaris1.htm (262 words)

	POMFLANT Remembered - History Page 3
		Polaris Missile Facility, Atlantic in Goose Creek, South Carolina ends historic role.
		During nuclear tests in the early 1960s, a POMFLANT assembled missile was the only U.S. sub-launched missile ever flown in which the atomic warhead was detonated.
		Missiles are long and slender; tanks are short and heavy," an Army spokesman said last year.
	www.multiwebs.net /pr/history3.html (656 words)

	Cape Canaveral Rocket and Missile Programs:
		The third and final generation of the Polaris missile, the Polaris A3, was under development in 1960.
		In addition to outfitting U.S. Lafayette Class submarines, Polaris A3 missiles were deployed aboard the British submarines HMS Resolution, HMS Renown, HMS Repulse and HMS Revenge by the mid-1970's.
		Although Polaris A3 production ceased in June, 1968 the missile continued to be upgraded as necessary.
	www.spaceline.org /rocketsum/polaris-a3.html (362 words)

	FBM History Page 4, a history of the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program.
		She was the last of the first five SSBNs carrying the POLARIS A-1 to return to the U.S. for overhaul.
		An improved POLARIS A-3 missile was successfully launched from a land pad at Cape Kennedy, Fla.
		This was the first operational missile tube launch and the first complete teat of the POSEIDON weapons system, including the launcher, fire control, and missile subsystems.
	www.geocities.com /fodellsea/fbmhistory4.html (7786 words)

	FBM History Nov 56 to Dec 57
		The STG tasks were to advise an optimum missile and submarine envelope and thereafter to assist in monitoring and sponsoring later contingent developments.
		CNO issued a requirement for a 1500 nautical mile solid propellant ballistic missile capable of being launched from a submerged submarine to be operational by 1965.
		Dimensions of the POLARIS missile envelope and the optimum envelope for FBM submarines were established.
	www.us-submarine.com /2.html (494 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The third and final generation of Polaris missiles, the Polaris A-3, was under development in 1960.
		A total of 1,408 Polaris missiles were manufactured including the Polaris A-1 and A-2.
		During a launch, the missile was ejected vertically through a hatch on the deck of the sub, and it rode a bubble of air to the surface where its solidfuel motor ignited and propelled it toward the target.
	www.space.edu /LibraryResearch/swanson/Exhibits/Polaris3.htm (207 words)

	COBRA JUDY Observation Island
		The first launching of a Polaris test missile at sea was successfully conducted from the deck of the USS Observation Island about seven missiles off Cape Canaveral in September 1959.
		On 1 March, 1961 the ship successfully launched the new A2 Polaris Missile and on 23 October supported the first successful launch of the new A2 Polaris from an FBM Submarine, the USS Ethan Allen (SSBN 608).
		In January the ship returned to Norfolk Naval Shipyard for further modification in preparation for firing the new A3 Polaris and upon return to Port Canaveral in March 1962, rsumed her role as FBM submarine support ship which continued throught the summer.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/systems/cobra_judy.htm (1227 words)

	A history of The Fleet Ballistic Missile program at Cape Canaveral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This missile departed from the familiar bottle shape of the A-1 and A-2.
		In 1968, the POSEIDON missile was under development as the successor to the POLARIS missile.
		missiles were the first of this model launched from submarines off the coast of Cape Canaveral.
	home.cfl.rr.com /fatrichard/navy/notu.html (836 words)

	Navy Facts: Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Trident II (D5) missile is also provided to the United Kingdom which equips the missile with UK warheads and deploys the missile on Vanguard Class UK submarines.
		The missile’s range is increased by the aerospike, a telescoping outward extension that reduces frontal drag by about 50 percent.
		When the missile attains sufficient distance from the submarine, the first stage motor ignites, the aerospike extends and the boost stage begins.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/factfile/missiles/wep-d5.html (381 words)

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