Polaris A-3

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Polaris missile development

  • Polaris A-3 missile
    In Polaris missile

    …a one-megaton warhead; and the A-3, capable of delivering three 200-kiloton warheads a distance of 2,800 miles (4,500 km).

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submarine-launched ballistic missiles

  • FGM-148 Javelin antitank guided missile
    In rocket and missile system: Multiple warheads

    …incorporated MRVs was with the Polaris A-3, which, after deployment in 1964, carried three 200-kiloton warheads a distance of 2,800 miles. In 1967 the British adapted their own warheads to the A-3, and beginning in 1982 they upgraded the system to the A3TK, which contained penetration aids (chaff, decoys, and…

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