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If the Soviets were unconcerned about U.S. space progress, they might well have been jolted on another front last week when the Polaris missile lifted out of the Pacific on its first successful launching from underwater.
¶ Prepare for six more Polaris-firing subs, for a total force of 21 in 1965, by starting to build such long-lead parts as reactors (construction time: 42 months).
The new emphasis is more and more on deterrence. Military planners figure that the best way to prevent war is to perfect and produce the kind of retaliatory weapons that could survive any attack and then go on to devastate the aggressor. That means that the U.S. will rely more...
Except that Observation Island lay on the sea's surface, this was the closest test yet to an underwater launching of Polaris on its urgent march toward operational deployment by late 1960. Premature burnout of the second stage cut 100 miles from the missile's programed flight, but...
The fast-paced Polaris project, a full three years ahead of original schedule, was pushed even harder as the Navy shifted $52 million from other shipbuilding and reserve funds to speed seven nuclear subs now under construction, advanced operational dates by ten weeks. The Navy's eventual fleet of...