Lockheed UGM-27 Launch Area (site)

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Some "Polaris" program test rockets were launched from this site between 1956 and early 1960.
Designed to be a submerged, submarine-based, vertical launch ballistic missile, the
Polaris A-1, had a range of 1000 nautical miles (1853 km) and a single Mk 1 re-entry vehicle, carrying a single W-47-Y1 600 kT nuclear warhead, with an inertial guidance system which provided a CEP of 1800m (6000ft). The two-stage solid propellant missile had a length of 28.5 ft (8.69 m), a body diameter of 54 in (1.37 m) and a launch weight of 28,800 lbs (13,090 kg).

The USS George Washington, the first US missile submarine, successfully launched the first Polaris missile from a submerged submarine on July 20, 1960.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine-launched_ballistic_missile
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Coordinates:   32°55'10"N   118°29'56"W
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