POLARIS
Origin--USA
Deployment--UK
Type--SLBM

Technical Specification

Dimensions
Length : 31 ft 4 in (9.55 m)
Body Diameter : 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Launch Weight : 29982 lb (13,600 kg)
Payload : 1-3 RV 500kg
Guidance : Inertia
Propulsion : 2-stage solid
Range : 4,630 km
Accuracy : 900 m CEP
Warhead : 200kT nuclear (Chevaline)
The Polaris missile programme was started by the US in 1955. It was believed to be a befitting reply to the Soviet Union's first SLBM, the SS-N-4-Sark. The first Polaris missile (Polaris A1) was successfully tested on a nuclear powered submarine, the USS George Washington in 1959. US scientists developed two more versions of the Polaris: the A2 and the A3. In 1960, the US Navy started deploying 16 Polaris missiles each on their nuclear-powered submarines.

The Polaris missiles can splash out of the sea and penetrate almost 2,700 km to 4,500 km into the enemy territory. Studded with a half-megaton conventional or nuclear warhead, they are capable of creating havoc once they enter the enemy domain.