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English:
USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) launches a Polaris A-2 missile from the surface off Cape Kennedy, Florida, in 1964. The mast atop the sail is a telemetry antenna used for test launches. Stowage adaptors flying high also visible. This was the first of only two surface SLBM launches from U.S. submarines
Polski:
Pierwszy z dwóch nawodnych odpaleń pocisków Polaris
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| Source | http://boomer.user-services.com/archives/980727-07-l.html |
| Author | US Navy |
According to Norman Polmar: Cold War Submarines, The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines Potomac Books Inc, 2003, this is US Navy photo. This statement is confirmed also by USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) home page
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