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| Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white USN 1049180: Polaris – Successful Launches, Successful Flights. Two Polaris test vehicles were launched from submerged submarine July 20, 1960, in the first full scale tests of all elements of the Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons System. The submarine making the historic launches was USS George Washington (SSBN 598), first of the nation’s nuclear powered missile launching submarines and one of two scheduled to be deployed this year on operational patrol. The submarine was cruising submerged in the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the time of the test, the launching and test flights were evaluated as successful in meeting all the test objectives of live missile launch from beneath the surface of the ocean and guided flight to a pre-selected impact area ranges of the flights were more than 1,000 nautical miles. Shown: The first Polaris missile breaks the surface of the ocean and ignites, sending it on its pre-designated flight path. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/03). USN 1049180: Polaris – Successful Launches, Successful Flights. Two Polaris test vehicles were launched from submerged submarine July 20, 1960, in the first full scale tests of all elements of the Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapons System. The submarine making the historic launches was USS George Washington (SSBN 598), first of the nation’s nuclear powered missile launching submarines and one of two scheduled to be deployed this year on operational patrol. The submarine was cruising submerged in the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the time of the test, the launching and test flights were evaluated as successful in meeting all the test objectives of live missile launch from beneath the surface of the ocean and guided flight to a pre-selected impact area ranges of the flights were more than 1,000 nautical miles. Shown: The first Polaris missile breaks the surface of the ocean and ignites, sending it on its pre-designated flight path. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/03). | ||||
