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	Regulus missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		RAM converted the Regulus cruise missiles into a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV): Regulus missiles would be launched from cruisers or submarines, and once in flight, guided to their targets by carrier based pilots with remote control equipment.
		Regulus not only provided the first nuclear strategic deterrence force for the United States Navy during the first years of the Cold War and especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis, preceding the Polaris missiles, Poseidon missiles, and Trident missiles that followed, but it also was the forerunner of the Tomahawk cruise missile.
		A second generation supersonic Regulus II cruise missile with a range of 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km) and a speed of Mach 2 was developed and successfully tested, but the program was canceled in favor of the Polaris ballistic nuclear missile.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RGM-15_Regulus_II (1069 words)

	Regulus missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In August 1947 the specifications for the project now "Regulus " were issued: carry a 3000-pound to a range of 500 nautical miles Mach 0.85 with a circular error probable (CEP) of 0.5 percent of the (at its extreme range the missile had impact within 2.5 nm of its target of the time).
		RAM converted the Regulus missiles into a remotely piloted vehicle (RPV): missiles would be launched from cruisers or and once in flight guided to their by carrier-based pilots with remote-control equipment.
		Regulus not only provided the first nuclear deterrence force for the United States Navy during the first years of the Cold War and especially during the Cuban Missile Crisis preceding the Polaris missiles Poseidon missiles Trident missiles that followed but it also was forerunner of the Tomahawk cruise missile.
	www.freeglossary.com /Regulus_Assault_Mission (1294 words)

	USS Grayback (SSG-574) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		While operating out of Port Hueneme, California, in September 1958 she carried out the first successful launching of a Regulus II missile from a submarine, which pointed the way to a revolutionary advance in the power of navies to attack land bases.
		This was followed by the first of her nine deterrent missile strike missions, from 21 September to 12 November.
		She was re-classified from a guided missile submarine to a amphibious transport submarine with hull classification symbol LPSS on 30 August 1968.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Grayback_(SSG-574) (731 words)

	Regulus America's First Sea-borne Nuclear Deterrent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Regulus I missile itself was essentially a small turbojet aircraft, 42 feet long, with a wingspan of 21 feet.
		In late 1958, with four SSGs and four Regulus cruisers in commission, the Navy responded by moving all of the submarines and three of the cruisers to the Pacific to maintain regular deterrent patrols threatening the Soviet Far East.
		Her enormous single missile hangar was set deep into the outer hull forward, and sloped upward and aft to penetrate the deck, where a large, vertically-opening door gave access to a turntable launcher forward of the sail.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/cno/n87/usw/issue_11/regulus.html (2358 words)

	USS GROWLER (SSG-577) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She carried her missiles in two hangars that were built into the bow, with the launcher on deck between the hangar doors and the sail.
		The hangars contained two Regulus II (under development when the program was cancelled in 1964) or four Regulus I missiles, which were launched when the submarine was surfaced.
		Regulus missiles carried nuclear warheads, were powered by turbojet engines, guided by radio, and resembled small pilotless airplanes.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/1056/growler.htm (334 words)

	Regulus I - United States Nuclear Forces
		The Navy wanted the missile to carry a 3,000-pound warhead to a maximum range of 500 nm at Mach.85 with a CEP of.5 percent of the range.
		Also, the Matador's single booster had to be fitted to the missile after it was on the launcher while, in contrast, the Regulus was stowed with its two boosters attached.
		The lack of a capability to pass control of the missile from the cruisers and submarines, however, limited the weapon.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/theater/regulus1.htm (1021 words)

	Regulus I - United States Nuclear Forces
		The nose section of the tactical missile was redesigned with a “bulged chin” to accommodate either the long and narrow w-27 or the spherical W-5.
		The Regulus I SSM-N-8a tactical missile was essentially the same as the flight test missile, except the tactical missile had no landing gear and carried a nuclear warhead.
		Regulus I missiles could be launched by aircraft carriers and cruisers as well as submarines.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/regulus1.htm (1452 words)

	REGULUS GUIDED CRUISE MISSILE
		Regulus was also critical in paving the way for the development of today's sophisticated Tomahawk cruise missile, and served as an important nuclear deterrent in the early days of the Cold War and during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
		A second generation supersonic Regulus II Cruise Missile was under development to succeed Regulus I with a range of 1,200 nautical miles and a speed of Mach 2.
		USS Hancock (CV 19) was heavily involved in the development of the Regulus Assault Mission concept (RAM) and deployed once to the Western Pacific with four Regulus I missiles in 1955.
	www.wa3key.com /regulus.html (932 words)

	Regulus - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Regulus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Brightest star in the constellation Leo, and the 21st brightest star in the sky.
		First-magnitude Regulus has a true luminosity 100 times that of the Sun, and is 85 light years from Earth.
		Regulus was one of the four royal stars of ancient Persia marking the approximate positions of the Sun at the equinoxes and solstices.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /regulus (188 words)

	Carbonero - The Missile Era (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		From the outset of its development the submarine was considered a "strategic" weapon; many saw it being used to blockade an enemy's coastlines, starve his population, and force surrender.
		By early 1960 the Navy had five submarines that could carry and launch the Regulus I missile: the USS Tunny (SS282) and Barbero (SS317) (two each), the USS Grayback (SS574) and USS Growler (SS577) (four each), and the USS Halibut (SSGN587) (five).
		The five Regulus missile submarines were then stripped of their missile-firing equipment.
	216.36.202.94 /carbonero/index-page4.html (766 words)

	Regulus II - United States Nuclear Forces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Regulus II could carry its 2,920-pound warhead 570 nm at Mach 2, and over 1,150 nm at reduced speeds.
		Despite early promise, the Regulus submarines were severely disadvantaged by the requirement to prepare and fire their missiles on the surface and then to stay at periscope depth to exercise command guidance.
		Commissioned in January 1960, she could carry four Regulus II missiles in a hangar integral with the hull.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/theater/regulus2.htm (413 words)

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		From 1947 to 1953 the field of guided missile technology grew at a tremendous pace, with over 114 separate missile weapon systems contracted for as development projects during this period.
		This missile was to be powered by a ramjet engine (in the fashion of the German V-1 buzz bomb) that was yet to be fully developed and proven.
		In a similar fashion, another missile program of that period was named Rigel, a first-magnitude star in the left foot of the constellation Orion.
	www.vought.com /heritage/products/html/regulus.html (542 words)

	Battle Stations Missile! www.Regulus-Missile.com REGULUS MISSILE SUBMARINES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis proved to be the high-water mark for the Regulus boats.
		The Halibut made the last Regulus patrol in 1964, and for the most part the Regulus submariners were forgotten, their successes eclipsed by the achievements of the Polaris program.
		Obscured in the secrecy that shadowed submarine operations in the 1950s and '60s, the true story of the Regulus era was not revealed until 1996, with the publication of Regulus: The Forgotten Weapon by historian David Stumpf.
	members.aol.com /ntspark/myhomepage/Regulus-Missile3.html (2912 words)

	REGULUS II CRUISE MISSILE
		The first missile on the left is a Bomarc missile, which used the Regulus II crusie missile as a target drone.
		However, the Regulus II cruise missile project was cancelled on December 18, 1958, as the United States Navy decided to develop the submarine-launched Polaris ballistic missile, instead, and the Regulus I cruise missile remained in service until 1964, on the USS Halibut, with 514 of them being built.
		The 11-ton Regulus II cruise missile, which was powered by a General Electric J79 jet engine, had a wingspan of 20 feet and 1 inch (6.12 meters), a length of 57 feet and 6 inches (17.5 meters), a range of 1,380 miles (2,220 km), and 54 of them were built.
	www.angelfire.com /realm3/roynagl/regulus.htm (770 words)

	USS Los Angeles CA-135 Page
		The Navy's first nuclear armed cruise missile Regulus I was installed on the Los Angeles in 1954 and first deployed on patrol in 1955.
		Regulus I was capable of delivering a 3000 pound 40-50 kiloton W5 nuclear, or a 2800 pound 1-2 megaton W27 thermonuclear, warhead within a range of 500 nautical miles.
		Regulus missiles with a warhead were painted dark blue.
	www.uss-la-ca135.org /la-info.htm (270 words)

	Regulus missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In October 1943, Chance Vought Aircraft Company signed a study contract for a 300-mile range missile to carry a 4,000-pound warhead.
		The project stalled for four years, however, until May 1947, when the United States Army Air Corp awarded Martin Aircraft Company a contract for a turbojet-powered subsonic missile, the Matador.
		A second-generation supersonic Regulus II cruise missile with a range of 1,200 nautical miles and a speed of Mach 2 was developed and successfully tested, but the program was canceled in favor of the Polaris ballistic nuclear missile.
	www.informationdepot.us /r/re/regulus_missile.html (874 words)

	»»Spark Movie Reviews««
		Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarine documents one such advancement, as the silent service was quickly modified for use as a strategic deterrent against nuclear conflict through the development and implementation of the Regulus missile.
		A little known project, the Regulus was a quick solution to implementation of long-range nuclear missile launches that was eventually replaced by the Polaris, and later Trident submarines.
		My first introduction to the Regulus project was while visiting the Intrepid Museum in NYC, where the only remaining Regulus Missile Submarine "Growler" resides as a testament to the project.
	www.family-movie-review.com /Games/Fantasy/Spark (416 words)

	Regulus 2
		The new missile was named Regulus II (although it was a completely new missile, and not a development of Regulus) and received the designation SSM-N-9.
		Regulus II was a Mach 2 cruise missile design, which could also attain a significantly higher altitude and range than the SSM-N-8 Regulus I.
		In the final stages of the Regulus II program, around 1958, it was apparently proposed to equip the missile with a radar map matching guidance system.
	www.astronautix.com /lvs/regulus2.htm (693 words)

	THE REGULUS MISSILE AND REGULUS SUBMARINE WEBSITE www.Regulus-Missile.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Deployed during some of the most trying times of the Cold War, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Regulus SSGs formed a defensive shield for the Pacific Coast of the United States.
		Before the Tomahawk Cruise Missile, before the mighty Trident and Polaris fleet ballistic missile submarines, Regulus submarines were on patrol, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
		The website also features information about the never-deployed Regulus II supersonic cruise missile, other winged missiles developed by the Navy and Air Force during the Cold War (such as Bomarc, Navaho, Snark, and Loon), and an article about the history of aircraft (and missile) carrying submarines.
	hometown.aol.com /ntspark/myhomepage/Regulus-Missile.html (339 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cruise missile launching operation entailed surfacing the submarine, opening the huge hanger pressure door, and moving the Regulus out onto a rail-like launcher.
		The launcher was elevated, the Regulus jet engine started and the missile fired by igniting two solid rocket boosters strapped onto the missile.
		The successful acceleration of the Polaris program quickly overshadowed the Regulus system, and further work on these submarines and the Regulus II was halted.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombatSubsHalibutTD.htm (511 words)

	Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum - Regulus Cruise Missile
		To this end she carried the Regulus Cruise Missile SSM-N-8, an unmanned turbojet powered vehicle system was capable of delivering a thermonuclear warhead within a range of 500 nautical miles.
		All but forgotten, today the Regulus is a historical footnote to its successors that could be launched submerged.
		Regulus was critical in the development of today's sophisticated Tomahawk cruise missile, and served as an important nuclear deterrent in the early days of the Cold War and during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
	www.intrepidmuseum.org /pages/regulus (235 words)

	Regulus II - United States Nuclear Forces
		Regulus II was the supersonic inertially guided successor to the Regulus I missile.
		Thirty-six months later, the first Regulus II flew when a 115,000-pound-thrust booster launched the canard-configured missile.
		The XSSM-N-9 was the tactical version of the Regulus II missile and did not have wheels for recovery as did the flight test versions.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/regulus2.htm (478 words)

	FleetBallisticMissileSubmarines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Armament: 16 missile tubes for Polaris A-1, A-2, A-3; six 21-inch torpedo tubes for MK 14-6; MK 37-1, 3; MK 37 NTS; or MK 48 torpedoes
		The two submarines were cut in two and cylindrical hangers installed above the bows to carry the missiles. Automatic loading and firing gear enabled the submarines to surface, extract the Regulus missile from its hanger straight onto an inclinded launching ramp, thus allowing the submarine to fire the missile and submerge immediately.
		The Polaris A-1 first fired by the GEORGE WASHINGTON had an impressive range of 1,200 nautical miles. However, this was immediately increased by the incorporation of the new improved Polaris A-2 by 300 nautical miles to 1,500 miles.
	www.submarinehistory.com /FleetBallisticMissileSubmarines.html (401 words)

	USS SSG 574 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Regulus submarine crews get Deterrent Patrol Pin Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, Public Affairs Norfolk (NWSA) -- When USS Grayback (SSG 574) slipped it's moors and headed into the Pacific Ocean in September 1959, it begin an era of submarine history that would go unrecognized for almost 40 years.
		The accomplishments of Sailors assigned to the Navy's handful of Regulus guided missile submarines are long and storied.
		The five Regulus submarines, Grayback (SSG 574), USS Tunny (SSG 282), USS Barbero (SSG 317), USS Growler (SSG 577) and USS Halibut (SSGN 687) deployed on 41 deterrent patrols under the Earth's oceans over the course of five years.
	www.jimewalker.com /ssg574.htm (373 words)

	Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarine (DVD)
		The tests would lead to the development of the Regulus, an air breathing cruise missile that flew like a jet aircraft.
		This is the story of the Regulus and the men who made the guided missile submarine a reality.
		Archival footage of the never-deployed Regulus II supersonic cruise missile.
	www.ihffilm.com /dvd020.html (213 words)

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