In 1957, the United States turned to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to serve as technical consultant on the most crucial challenge facing the nation: the design, testing and certification of the world's first submarine launched ballistic missile system. Just three years later, two Polaris missiles successfully launched from the waters off of Cape Canaveral, demonstrating to the world that the most complex and secure part of the US nuclear arsenal was operational. The capability and reliability of Polaris made it the strongest part of America's nuclear triad, deterring Soviet aggression for decades. Many of Polaris's core technologies -- navigation, rocket propulsion and system test and evaluation -- laid the ground work for the modernization of US Navy combat and submarine systems.
20 авг 2013
