Chevaline (/ˈʃɛvəliːn/) was a system to improve the penetrability of the warheads used by the British Polaris nuclear weapons system. Devised as an answer...

Chevaline may refer to: The Chevaline project, a former secret project to upgrade the British Polaris missile system Chevaline, a commune of the Haute-Savoie...

Panton, Dr F. The Unveiling of Chevaline. Prospero/Journal of BROHP. 2004. Panton, Dr F. Polaris Improvements and the Chevaline System. Prospero/Journal of...

French citizen on the Route Forestière Domaniale de la Combe d'Ire near Chevaline, Haute-Savoie, France, near the southern end of Lake Annecy. Four people...

Falstaff was a British sounding rocket used during the 1970s as part of the Chevaline programme to improve the penetrability of the Polaris nuclear missile...

the Royal Navy who also retained MRV with the Chevaline upgrade, though the number of warheads in Chevaline was reduced to two due to the ABM counter-measures...

Chevaline (French pronunciation: [ʃəvalin]; Arpitan: Shvalnà) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Haute-Savoie. Communes of the Haute-Savoie...

Although the Navy's favoured option, the British government instead adopted Chevaline, a two warhead MRV system with decoys, on the existing Polaris airframes...

The cave of Choranche, also called cave of Coufin-Chevaline, is located in the department of Isère, near Choranche in the Vercors Regional Natural Park...

early 1970s. In the latter role he gave the final commitment to Project Chevaline, the Polaris missile improvement programme. He went on to be Chairman...

compromise versus warhead size and numbers on board, as well as missile range. Chevaline Stealth aircraft Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed...

more tests at the NTS as part of the Super Antelope, a component of the Chevaline programme, which aimed to harden the UK Polaris missiles against Soviet...

casing, and was somewhat longer and heavier than WE.177A. During the Chevaline program, the number of warheads on each Polaris missile was reduced from...

Angel – retired UGM-27 Polaris – Retired. See the ET.317 nuclear warhead, Chevaline and the Polaris (UK nuclear programme) Trident II D5 missile - See the...

Paris-Vincennes trotting races] (in French). La France chevaline. La France chevaline du 11 mai 1895 [La France chevaline, May 11, 1895] (in French). Gallica. Machart...

deterrent was maintained, the UK developed an improved front end named Chevaline. There was controversy when this project became public knowledge in 1980...

the Polaris A3TK missile which was fitted with the British-developed Chevaline MRV system. As the newer Vanguard-class submarines entered service, the...

which is over 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) deep, and the Réseau de Coufin-Chevaline (grotte de Choranche), a show cave in the Bourne Gorge which has almost...

trials off Scotland. Following a refit Renown carried out test firings of Chevaline, which was a modification of the Polaris missiles to enable them to penetrate...

amateur archaeologist who played a key role in the development of the Chevaline nuclear weapons system during the Cold War. He served as the Assistant...

Chevaline, which replaced one of the three warheads in a Polaris missile with multiple decoys, chaff, and other defensive countermeasures. Chevaline was...

missile (ABM) bursts before re-entry. 3DQP was first used on the British Chevaline improved front end (IFE) for the Royal Navy's UGM-27 Polaris system that...

mirrored the parliamentary secrecy over a previous defence project, the Chevaline programme to enhance the Polaris nuclear missile. The previous head of...

a side dish. In Belgium, horse meat (paardenvlees in Dutch and viande chevaline in French) is popular in a number of preparations. Lean, smoked, and sliced...

Office official historian of the UK strategic nuclear deterrent and the Chevaline programme. Britain, the United States and the Mediterranean War, 1942-44...

armed with Chevaline". However, 48 warheads per Trident submarine represents a 50% increase on the 32 warheads per submarine of Chevaline. Total explosive...

submarine-launched Polaris ballistic missiles from 1958 to 1980. It also launched Chevaline missiles, which were British Polaris A-3 missiles. The complex was designed...

held at Charterhouse School, Godalming. 2002-04-03 'Dark Horse - The Chevaline Project 1961-1982'. British Rocketry Oral History Programme (BROHP) Conference...

based nuclear deterrent. Her Polaris system was updated in 1984 with the Chevaline IFE (Improved Front End) that included two new warheads and re-entry bodies...

British also developed the Falstaff sounding rocket as a part of the Chevaline program. There were eight launches between 1969 and 1979 from the Woomera...