Polaris nuclear missile launch,1983. Test launching of an unarmed British Polaris nuclear missile from a submerged British nuclear-powered submarine HMS Revenge (S-27) in the Atlantic near Cape Canaveral Air Force Station,Florida,USA. This was the tenth in a series of Polaris test flights. The UGM-27 Polaris was developed for the US Navy and the UK's Royal Navy. Designed to be launched from a submarine,it is a type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). It was in service from 1961 to 1996. Photographed on 9 June 1983 | |
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