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| Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Polaris-3: Polaris flight test vehicle ignites and begins long-range flight after successful launching from tube inset in deck of USS Observation Island (EAG-154). Tests on Observation Island, conducted by Lockheed Missiles and Space Division crews in conjunction with U.S. Navy personnel, paved the way for historic launchings from nuclear submarines. Now operational, 1,200 nautical-mile-range Polaris A-1 missiles are on station onboard USS George Washington (SSBN 598) and USS Patrick Henry (SSBN 599). Test versions of A-2, 1,500 nautical-mile-range, model have also been successfully launched from Observation Island, in continuing development program. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Subject Files. (2016/03/03). Polaris-3: Polaris flight test vehicle ignites and begins long-range flight after successful launching from tube inset in deck of USS Observation Island (EAG-154). Tests on Observation Island, conducted by Lockheed Missiles and Space Division crews in conjunction with U.S. Navy personnel, paved the way for historic launchings from nuclear submarines. Now operational, 1,200 nautical-mile-range Polaris A-1 missiles are on station onboard USS George Washington (SSBN 598) and USS Patrick Henry (SSBN 599). Test versions of A-2, 1,500 nautical-mile-range, model have also been successfully launched from Observation Island, in continuing development program. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Subject Files. (2016/03/03). | ||||
