Launch of a sea-to-surface strategic ballistic Polaris A3 missile by a British submarine
Bild A British ballistic missile submarine launches a Polaris A3 missile. This sea-to-surface strategic ballistic missile becomes operational on the Royal Navy’s Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines in June 1968. The Polaris A3 is an improved Polaris with multiple nuclear warheads and a range of 4 631 km.
Quelle und Copyright
Quelle: Sea to Surface: Strategic: A Royal Navy Polaris A3 nuclear missile in flight after launch [online]. ROCKETS AND MISSILES. Part of IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE POST 1945 COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION. Royal Navy official photographer. London: Imperial War Museum. © Crown copyright: IWM (CT 121) Catalogue number CT 121.
Available at: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205191110 .
Copyright: (c) Imperial War Museum
