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Even as Seawolf and Skate settled into their berths they were surrounded by signs of the Navy's growing nuclear potential. At the General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, the Navy launched Skipjack, the U.S.'s fifth nuclear submarine, a $60 million model with a special shark shape designed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Underwater Promise | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

Meanwhile, at week's end, the House Appropriations Committee recommended funds for six additional Polaris subs-making nine altogether-instead of the Administration's request for two more. And Admiral Burke coolly announced the formation, effective July 1, of the Navy's first Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Underwater Promise | 6/9/1958 | See Source »

¶ Navy's Polaris-nuclear-submarine network, geared to launch missiles from underwater stations at 1,500-mile range; estimated cost: $7 billion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE: Overkill | 3/17/1958 | See Source »

Able, urbane Don Yates has so far kept contractors, military services and unions happy, for the one unifying force at Cape Canaveral is a widespread epidemic of missile fever. In nearby Cocoa Beach, and in towns up and down the coast, missilemen and their families have infected the whole populace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: THE RITE OF SPACE | 3/17/1958 | See Source »

According to Aviation Week, the Aerobee M solves the propulsion problem with five stages of solid-fuel rockets, starting with a cluster of four Aerojet Seniors, which were developed for the Navy's Polaris missile. The initial guidance problem is not solved at all. Instead of attempting the extremely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Homing on the Moon | 3/17/1958 | See Source »

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