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Re: Rocket launch from U-boat in 1942
Posted by: ROBERT M. ()
Date: October 04, 2002 02:29AM

J.T.

The use of a solid propellant in the POLARIS weapon system precluded the
frequent disasters that the Soviets experienced with liquid propellants. Case in point, loss of K-219 off Bermuda on 10/3/1986.

I launched a POLARIS A-3 from the USS VON STEUBEN (SSBN-632) in December 1964 (sans warhead, at sea) from the Cape Canaveral area.

Later,

ROBERT M.

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Re: Rocket launch from U-boat in 1942 ROBERT M. 10/04/2002 02:29AM
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