Missile Milestone: First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat
Missile Milestone: First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat
VIDEO GLITCHES APPEAR ON THE MASTER AS WELL. First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat. The 4 year program to mate the long-range missile and the nuclear submarine reaches a stirring climax with the first firing of a Polaris two-stage rocket from the submerged U.S.S. George Washington, opening a new chapter in the history of warfare. The Polaris missile being carried on the flat bed of a semi truck. They are loaded into the submarine's firing tubes. Missile hatches of docked submarine open, then close. Aerial bird's eye view of sub at sea, perhaps beginning to submerge. The George Washington Submarine is going down some 50 to 60 feet below the surface. MS - On board a destroyer one of the reporters is looking through binoculars. Two missiles are successfully fired from underwater sub. MS - Out comes the Polaris out of the depths of the ocean and it looks like a successful flight 1,100 miles. MS - The second missile is fired and that turns out to be successful too.