The late 1950s and early 60s were a time of the Cold War, Sputnik, and the Mercury and Gemini space programs. Lionel’s entry ...

The iconic Iowa-class battleships came closer to being nuclear-armed platforms than many realize. During the Cold War, the US ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Memorandum, photograph, and booklet relating to the launching of Polaris, the United States Navy's first submarine-launched ballistic missile.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s call to mass produce a relatively new missile that it test-launched for the first time just three months ago underscores the isolated country’s rapid progress ...

Air Force Missile Boss Major General Ben Schriever is interested in Polaris, has a team of technicians sitting in on the Navy Polaris project. Said Richard Horner.

On late October 1963, USS Andrew Jackson launched first Polaris A-3 missile from a submerged submarine, off Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Polaris program served as the template for the current ...

The missile that blasted out of the clear blue Gulf Stream carried the U.S. nuclear navy into new positions of power. By passing its 13th successive successful test, its first from under water, ...

The success of the major levels of effort in ballistic missile programs in the 1960s, like the Polaris missile program and the Minuteman project, driven by an energized whole-of-government ...

The remarkable success of the Navy’s Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) program ended the need for Skybolt in American eyes.