1968 to 1996. Polaris itself was an operational system of four Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines, each armed with 16 Polaris A-3 ballistic...
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carrying such warheads began as Polaris, launching its first shot less than four years later, in February 1960. As the Polaris missile was fired underwater...
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Look up Polaris, polaris, Poláris, or poláris in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polaris is a star, also known as the North Star. Polaris may also refer...
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The Polaris Sales Agreement was a treaty between the United States and the United Kingdom which began the UK Polaris programme. The agreement was signed...
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the US would sell Polaris systems for UK-built submarines. This was formalised in the Polaris Sales Agreement. The first British Polaris ballistic missile...
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RNAD Coulport (redirect from Polaris Jetty)
and the Polaris Sales Agreement was signed in April 1963. Initial construction took place between 1963, when Faslane was chosen as the new Polaris base,...
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built for the Royal Navy as part of the UK Polaris programme. Each submarine was armed with up to 16 UGM-27 Polaris A-3 nuclear missiles. The class comprised...
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UK and US Supply of UK with Polaris missiles, launch tubes, and the fire control system (see UK Polaris programme) Polaris Sales Agreement 6 April 1963...
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Vanguard-class submarine (category Trident (UK nuclear programme))
sixteen US-built UGM-27 Polaris missiles. The Polaris missile was supplied to Britain following the terms of the 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement. This nuclear...
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HMNB Clyde (redirect from Trident Works Programme)
Government began negotiating the Polaris Sales Agreement with the United States regarding the purchase of a Polaris missile system to fire British-built...
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Chevaline (category Polaris (UK nuclear programme))
the deterrent role with newly acquired Polaris missiles. This arrangement was formally outlined in the Polaris Sales Agreement. One key part of the agreement...
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Stella Polaris: signalspanare på flykt (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Hjärup: Albino. ISBN 978-91-974762-0-1. SELIBR 11777258. Operation Stella Polaris by P3...
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Falstaff (rocket) (category Space programme of the United Kingdom)
used during the 1970s as part of the Chevaline programme to improve the penetrability of the Polaris nuclear missile. It was the largest UK rocket with...
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Nassau Agreement (category Polaris (UK nuclear programme))
The US agreed to supply the UK with Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missiles for the UK Polaris programme. Under an earlier agreement, the US had...
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Indian Mars exploration missions (redirect from Mangalyaan programme)
Mars by MOM-1. See more on ISRO's website Chandrayaan programme Indian Human Spaceflight Programme List of missions to Mars "'We are planning to send our...
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resulting Nassau Agreement was the replacement of Skybolt with the Polaris missile. Polaris A3T used its own warhead design, W58. The W58 was also rejected...
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Airbus A310 (redirect from Airbus Polaris)
Canadian Air Force (RCAF) currently operates a fleet of five Airbus CC-150 Polaris, civilian Airbus A310-300s, originally owned by Wardair, and subsequently...
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Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom (redirect from Nuclear weapons programme of the United Kingdom)
Establishment (AWE) and its predecessor. Under the 1963 Polaris Sales Agreement, the US supplied the UK with Polaris missiles and nuclear submarine technology. The...
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Project Gemini (redirect from Gemini Programme)
vehicle's propulsion system. This record was broken in September 2024 by the Polaris Dawn mission. On Gemini 12, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first space...
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of Maine, United States; based on a comparison of the State to the star Polaris. dis aliter visum It seemed otherwise to the gods In other words, the gods...
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Apollo program (redirect from Apollo programme)
design used in both the lunar and command modules was, along with the Polaris and Minuteman missile systems, the driving force behind early research...
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Three-dimensional quartz phenolic (category Polaris (UK nuclear programme))
British Chevaline improved front end (IFE) for the Royal Navy's UGM-27 Polaris system that was in service from 1982 to 1996, when it was replaced by Trident...
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Resolution-class of four submarines built for the Royal Navy as part of the UK Polaris programme. The first to be completed was Resolution, laid down in February 1964...
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Julian and Sandy (category 1965 radio programme debuts)
Julian and Sandy were characters on the BBC radio comedy programme Round the Horne from 1965 to 1968 and were played by Hugh Paddick and Kenneth Williams...
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Stonewall (charity) (redirect from Diversity Champions programme (Stonewall))
the courts and Parliament, Stonewall launched the Diversity Champions programme in 2001. The scheme engaged employers in developing best practice and...
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ET.317 (category Polaris (UK nuclear programme))
British Royal Navy, developed for the UK version of the UGM-27 Polaris missile. The US Polaris A-3T warhead was the US W58. Britain considered but never used...
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serves with the Russian Navy. Developed in response to the American Polaris programme, the Tu-142 grew out of the need for a viable Soviet ASW platform...
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LGM-30 Minuteman (section Polaris)
role.: 199 Into this argument came the Navy's UGM-27 Polaris. Launched from submarines, Polaris was effectively invulnerable and had enough accuracy to...
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ultimately acquired entire weapons systems, with the UK Polaris programme and Trident nuclear programme using American missiles with British nuclear warheads...
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List of human spaceflights (redirect from List of crewed space missions alphabetically by programme)
SpaceX Crew-8 — Soyuz MS-25 — Shenzhou-18 — Blue Origin NS-25 — Boeing CFT — Galactic 07 — Blue Origin NS-26 — Polaris Dawn — Soyuz MS-26 — SpaceX Crew-9...
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