Keywords: monochrome outdoor USN 1094722: USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625) launches a Polaris A-2 missile from the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Kennedy, Florida. The objects flying through the air around the missile are launch adapters designed to detach themselves automatically once the missile has left the tub. The sub’s slight port list is a standard part of surface launch procedures. The tall mast is a temporary telementry antenna installed for operations at the Cape only. This was the first demonstration that Polaris submarines can launch missiles from the surface as well as from beneath the surface. 30 minutes earlier the Clay successfully launched an A-2 Polaris missile submerged. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/03). USN 1094722: USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625) launches a Polaris A-2 missile from the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Kennedy, Florida. The objects flying through the air around the missile are launch adapters designed to detach themselves automatically once the missile has left the tub. The sub’s slight port list is a standard part of surface launch procedures. The tall mast is a temporary telementry antenna installed for operations at the Cape only. This was the first demonstration that Polaris submarines can launch missiles from the surface as well as from beneath the surface. 30 minutes earlier the Clay successfully launched an A-2 Polaris missile submerged. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/03/03). |