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{{Wiktionary|Polaris|polaris|Poláris|poláris}} '''[[Polaris]]''' is a star, also known as the North Star. ...

...f the [[UK Polaris programme|Polaris nuclear missile]]. It was the largest UK rocket with a solid booster ever launched. ==Polaris== ...

...etrofitted with Kinglet to overcome the technical issues with the [[Robin (nuclear primary)|Robin]] primary the W47 was initially deployed with.<ref>{{Cite bo ...only require two detonators to fire the whole device, compared to earlier nuclear weapons that required tens of detonators.{{sfn|Swords of Armageddon Vol I|p ...

{{short description|1967 Resolution-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy}} | Ship propulsion = 1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce PWR.1 pressurised-water nuclear reactor, {{convert|27500|shp|abbr=on}}; Propeller. ...

[[Image:Peace symbol (fixed width).svg|thumb|right|Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo]] ...of nine partner organisations of the [[International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons]] (ICAN) active in Scotland. ...

...=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204328/http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/82868/1|url-status=dead}}</ref> ...UK nuclear programme)|Polaris]] campaign (for example, notably at the anti-Polaris protests at Holy Loch in 1961). ...

{{short description|1969 Resolution-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy}} |Ship image=Rhu Narrows - geograph.org.uk - 53455.jpg ...

| image = File:Gare Loch - geograph.org.uk - 761170.jpg ...aval training and as a base for the [[United Kingdom]]'s submarine based [[nuclear weapon]]s system.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> ...

| propulsion = 1 × Vickers/Rolls-Royce [[PWR1]] pressurised-water nuclear reactor, {{convert|27500|shp|MW|abbr=on|lk=in}}; Propeller. ...UGM-27 Polaris|UGM-27 Polaris A-3]] [[Submarine-launched ballistic missile|nuclear missiles]]. ...

...m. It was then 'reinvented' to supply the [[Polaris (UK nuclear programme)|Polaris program]] and then, in 1964, as a response to the [[Toyota Production Syste ...

|In commission range=UK: 1966-2001; South Africa: 1972-present ...jor task to carry out regular oceanographic observations essential for the Polaris submarines to hide in thermal layers. ...

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| name = Polaris Sales Agreement | long_name = Polaris Sales Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Brita ...

...[House of Lords]] until 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1525213/Group-Captain-the-Earl-of-Ilchester.html|title=Obit ...s he was a [[Squadron Leader]] and became involved with the development of nuclear weapons at the Directorate of Air Armament Engineering. He then moved to t ...

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{{Short description|Decommissioned nuclear power plant in Scotland}} | name = Chapelcross Nuclear Power Station ...

| type = [[Nuclear marine propulsion|Nuclear-powered]] [[ballistic missile submarine]] | propulsion = *1 × [[Rolls-Royce PWR#PWR2|Rolls-Royce PWR2 nuclear reactor]], ...

{{Short description|British nuclear missile decoy and penetration aid system}} ...issile]] (ABM) defences, something which the Royal Navy's earlier [[UGM-27 Polaris]] [[Atmospheric entry|re-entry vehicle]]s (RVs) were thought to be unlikely ...

...6 and 1987 caused by the planned broadcast on the [[BBC]] of a television programme about the ultimately cancelled [[Zircon (satellite)|Zircon signals intellig ===Development of programme=== ...

...ituary |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/kay-ullrich-obituary-fk5mb8trm |access-date=2022-09-11 | ...l=https://web.archive.org/web/20030221204632/http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~snpwos/Kays%20page.htm |archive-date=21 February 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ ...