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Looking ahead, the U.S.'s best intermediate-range prospect is the Navy's experimental solid-charge, 1,500-mile Lockheed Polaris, designed to be fired from surface vessels or nuclear submarines. Polaris' solid charge, a slow-burning chemical compound, makes Polaris the U.S.'s first "second...
It was reported that the Navy will be firing test models of its 1,500-mile Polaris missile by early 1960.
The Polaris has been described in some quarters as the best weapon in sight to counter the threat of Soviet intercontinental missiles.
Most of these moves were admittedly stopgap; e.g., it is entirely possible that neither Jupiter nor Thor but the Navy's solid-fuel Polaris is the IRBM of the near future. Neil McElroy has not yet had to put his personal drive or his organization-man's skill...
It has been indicated from the Pentagon that the submarines will have atomic engines and will use the Navy's Polaris missile, which has a 1,500-mile range. The Polaris is expected to be ready by 1960 or earlier.