Art & Image Thread

[Lordroel]

With the door to the missile tube that fired the Polaris missile at Puerto Belgrano open…

Always wondered, a Polaris missile had multiple reentry vehicles and warheads, but only 1 target was hit, did they all hit the same target.

[Wolfman]

I’m going to have to leave the question to Bernard Woolley…

[Bernard Woolley]

UK Polaris missiles post Chevaline upgrade generally had two warheads with a yield of 225Kt. Since Chevaline was not a MIRVing system, both warheads would hit in the area of the same target.

[Poohbah]

UK Polaris missiles post Chevaline upgrade generally had two warheads with a yield of 225Kt. Since Chevaline was not a MIRVing system, both warheads would hit in the area of the same target.

I do wonder what kind of Intel the Soviets could collect on a live fire of Chevaline at Argentina. It's outside BMEWS coverage, but maybe they got some imagery of the flight?

[Bernard Woolley]

That it worked as advertised.

[Lordroel]

That it worked as advertised.

Thanks for the responds, as a present, here are the three close up.

[Bernard Woolley]

Here’s HMS Revenge (S27) about to depart on the fateful patrol. That she had a missile symbol on her Skull and Crossbones flag when she returned provoked mix reactions and still does.

[Lordroel]

Here’s HMS Revenge (S27) about to depart on the fateful patrol. That she had a missile symbol on her Skull and Crossbones flag when she returned provoked mix reactions and still does.

Always wanted to know what a boomber would have as a symbol for a successful launch, thanks for the answer.

[Bernard Woolley]

RN SSBN are called bombers. Appropriately for the V boats.

[Lordroel]

RN SSBN are called bombers. Appropriately for the V boats.

Boombers are their american cousins, noted.

[Lordroel]

Here’s HMS Revenge (S27) about to depart on the fateful patrol. That she had a missile symbol on her Skull and Crossbones flag when she returned provoked mix reactions and still does.

OOC: want to post a date over at AT.com when she fired, but have never found out.