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|style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0;" | [[File:1960-07-21 First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat.ogv|300px |UGM-27 Polaris |thumbtime=57]]
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A [[newsreel]] depicting the first successful underwater launch of the '''[[UGM-27 Polaris]]''' on July 20, 1960. This two-stage [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]] began development in 1956 and was meant to provide [[second strike]] capabilities. After several successful test firings on land, the missile was scheduled for an underwater test, being loaded onto [[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)|USS ''George Washington'']] at [[Cape Canaveral]] before being fired from the [[Eastern Range|Atlantic Missile Test Range]] at a target {{convert|1100|mi|km}} away.
<p><small>Film: [[Universal Newsreel|Universal International Newsreel]]</small></p>
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{| role="presentation" style="margin:0 3px 3px; width:100%; text-align:left; background-color:transparent; border-collapse: collapse; "
|style="padding:0 0.9em 0 0;" | [[File:1960-07-21 First Polaris Firing By Submerged U-Boat.ogv|300px |UGM-27 Polaris |thumbtime=57]]
|style="padding:0 6px 0 0"|
A [[newsreel]] depicting the first successful underwater launch of the '''[[UGM-27 Polaris]]''' on July 20, 1960. This two-stage [[submarine-launched ballistic missile]] began development in 1956 and was meant to provide [[second strike]] capabilities. After several successful test firings on land, the missile was scheduled for an underwater test, being loaded onto [[USS George Washington (SSBN-598)|USS ''George Washington'']] at [[Cape Canaveral]] before being fired from the [[Eastern Range|Atlantic Missile Test Range]] at a target {{convert|1100|mi|km}} away.
<p><small>Film: [[Universal Newsreel|Universal International Newsreel]]</small></p>
<div class="potd-recent" style="text-align:right;">
Recently featured: <div class="hlist inline">
*[[Template:POTD/2018-07-19|{{POTD/2018-07-19/{{#invoke:random|number|2}}|texttitle}} ]]
*[[Template:POTD/2018-07-18|Saint-Jacques Tower]]
*[[Template:POTD/2018-07-17|''Young Man with a Skull'']]
</div></div>
<div class="potd-footer hlist noprint" style="text-align:right;">
*'''[[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|Archive]]'''
*'''[[Wikipedia:Featured pictures|More featured pictures]]'''
</div>
|}<noinclude>[[Category:Wikipedia Picture of the day {{#time:F Y|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}}]]
==See also==
*[[Template:POTD{{#ifeq:{{ROOTPAGENAME}}|POTD protected||_protected}}/{{#titleparts:{{FULLPAGENAME}}||2}}]]</noinclude>