SS-N-4 Sark
missile
Also known as: Sark
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submarine-launched ballistic missile
- In rocket and missile system: The first SLBMs
…SLBM, the one- to two-megaton SS-N-4 Sark. This missile, deployed in 1958 aboard diesel-electric submarines and later aboard nuclear-powered vessels, had to be launched from the surface and had a range of only 350 miles. Partly in response to this deployment, the United States gave priority to its Polaris program,…
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