Regulus I (SSM-N-8) US Navy Cruise Missile - Pearl Harbor, HI
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N 21° 22.106 W 157° 56.328
4Q E 610020 N 2363295
This US Navy cruise missile is on display at the grounds of the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Waymark Code: WMVN0M
Location: Hawaii, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2017
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Built by Chance Vought, the Regulus 1 was the first operational U.S. Navy cruise missile; it was in use from 1955 to 1964.
Designed to attack ground targets, it carried a nuclear warhead, flew at subsonic speeds up to an altitude of 30,000 feet and had a range of 500 miles. A turbojet engine powered the missile to its target after two boosters were jettisoned.
The missile was deployed on several aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, and submarines (in watertight containers on the deck). Radio signals from a control aircraft or other submarines were the primary means of guiding the missile.
The Polaris, the first U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile, replaced the Regulus 1.
A detailed description and history of the Regulus I can be found here: (
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