UGM-27 Polaris/Related Articles

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Submarine-launched ballistic missile [r]: A ballistic missile launched from a normally submerged submarine, which has multiple engineering challenges, chief among them being computing a correct ballistic trajectory from a varying point of launch (POL) ^[e]
United Kingdom nuclear weapons [r]: Nuclear weapons designed, built and deployed by the United Kingdom ^[e]
United States nuclear weapons [r]: All U.S. nuclear weapons, past or present, in deployment, production, or approved for production; not including experimental devices ^[e]
United States Navy [r]: That part of the United States Department of Defense responsible for combat on, over, and under water ^[e]
Royal Navy [r]: By long naval tradition, when there is no qualifier but "Royal", the navy being discussed is that of the United Kingdom. ^[e]

William Raborn [r]: Vice admiral, United States Navy, whose career was marked by great success in creating the UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile, and an embarrassing assignment as Director of Central Intelligence, for which he had no background ^[e]
Harold Macmillan [r]: (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving two terms between 1957 to 1963. ^[e]
W47 (nuclear weapon) [r]: Initial warhead for the UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile; major step in miniaturization; in-service inspection showed severe reliability problems (in 1966 75% of the stockpiled Y2 versions were inoperable, correction took until 10/67); never more than 300 operational although >1000 of all versions were built ^[e]
W58 (nuclear weapon) [r]: Add brief definition or description