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2. UGM-27 Polaris - Wikipedia

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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.

3. HMS Revenge (S27) - Wikipedia

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   Polaris missile launch from HMS Revenge in 1983 Sixteen tubes for Polaris A3 Submarine-launched ballistic missiles were carried, in two rows of eight. [ 4 ] The missiles had a range of 2,500 nautical miles (2,900 mi; 4,600 km), [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and each missile could carry three 200 kt (840 TJ) nuclear warheads. [ 9 ]

4. Polaris (UK nuclear programme) - Wikipedia

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   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.

5. HMS Resolution (S22) - Wikipedia

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   The ship was assigned to the 10th Submarine Squadron (United Kingdom) where it operated as the first of the UKs new Polaris based nuclear deterrent. [2]Her Polaris system was updated in 1984 with the Chevaline IFE (Improved Front End) that included two new warheads and re-entry bodies and penaids, super-hardened to resist ABM attack, replacing the original three ET.317 warheads.

6. List of Roseanne episodes - Wikipedia

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   [5] [6] As of May 22, 2018, 231 episodes of Roseanne have aired, concluding the tenth season. On June 21, 2018, the show was revived as a spin-off entitled The Conners, which has the same cast as Roseanne after her character dies of a opioid overdose. The show premiered on October 16, 2018, and has aired all episodes on ABC.

7. USS Von Steuben (SSBN-632) - Wikipedia

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   Polaris missile launch. During the autumn of 1964, the Von Steuben completed two shakedown cruises — one for each crew — and a period of antisubmarine warfare training between the two cruises. On 22 December 1964, her Gold Crew fired her first Polaris ballistic missile on the Atlantic Missile Range before returning to Newport News for ...

8. Resolution-class submarine - Wikipedia

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   The construction was unusual in that the bow and stern were constructed separately before being assembled together with the American-designed missile compartment. The design was a modification of the Valiant-class fleet submarine, but greatly extended to incorporate the missile compartment between the fin and the nuclear reactor. The length was ...

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   On 20 July 1960 the United States Navy made history by demonstrating the first dedicated ballistic missile designed to be fired while submerged from the world's first dedicated ballistic missile submarine. The missile in question, designated the UGM-27 Polaris, proved to be a success, and would usher in the age of the ballistic missile ...