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Posts Tagged ‘SSM-N-8 Regulus’
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First Regulus Missile Launched From A Submarine 1953
Posted: Jul 15, 2011On 15 July 1953, the USS Tunny SS-282 would become the first submarine to launch a Regulus cruise missile. The Regulus cruise missile development began in 1947 and it was […]
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First Successful Head-on Attack Of A Missile By A Missile, 1962
Posted: May 11, 2011On 10 May 1962, a Navy Sparrow III launched from a Navy Phantom jet successfully intercepted head-on another Navy missile, a Regulus II, while both were at supersonic speeds in […]