Quick question: How many W88/Mk5 warheads can actually carry the UGM-133? In the wikipedia we have 8, but I keep finding sources showing/saying 6 warheads?
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From wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Missile
Common Missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile project, developed to satisfy U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force operational system requirements for both SLBM and silo-launched ICBM, defined in the 1978 commonality study.
Description...
http://www.hisutton.com/SNLE-3G.html
https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2018/october-2018-navy-naval-defense-news/6538-here-is-the-first-image-of-the-french-navy-next-generation-ssbn-snle-3g.html
Expected into service in ~2032. 16 SLBMs, 14,500 tons surfaced.
I was just curious as to what version of Polaris this is. Both articles featuring these pics say they're early Polaris tests. But I've never seen a Polaris like that before.
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb275/
http://lewis.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/7631/dprk-slbm-test
holy glory at youtube
Lockheed Polaris Missile Wind Tunnel Tests in 1958
at NACA Langley Research Center's Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel
the Video show a fist the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel and good look how they work.
the Polaris Wind tunnel model got one surprise: fins ...
More Than 23,000 Nukes Found in 14 Nations, Report Says
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
There are an estimated 23,360 nuclear weapons stockpiled in 14 nations, with the great majority held by Russia and the United States, two nonproliferation experts said in a report issued this week (see GSN, Oct...
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In the early 1960s, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations offered the European NATO partners participation in a Multilateral Force (MLF) of Polaris-armed warships that would include surface ships, including disguised merchant vesels, and submarines. The proposal was inspired by the...
A couple of interesting documents emerged recently on DTIC regarding some hints of what near future long range US ballistic missile could look like. Dates are late 90's ealrly 2000's. Here:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA318768 non-nuclear, manouvering SLBM warhead...
A recent book releasing British nuclear discussions by Peter Hennessy throws
some clear answers to often asked questions:
Why did the RN not get the fifth Polaris boat?
After much discussion the new Labour Government in 1964 decided
that the Polaris fleet was too worthwhile to cancel. Two...
Dear All,
did you have any useful information about the Italian SLBM Alfa missile?
It was developed during '60s, when Italy had some nuclear ambition (see nuclare submarine project named "Guglielmo Marconi", or the logistic ship named "Enrico Fermi") and was designed and produced by SNIA BPD...
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