UGM-27 Polaris missile (multiple)

I photographed all three variants of the UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched missiles at Pearl Harbor, Hampton Air Power Park and the Imperial War Museum’s location in London.


UGM-27A Polaris A-1 and UGM-27C Polaris A-3 missiles

Pearl Harbor 2014

The A-1 baseline variant has the red nose; the later A-3 has the striped nose.


UGM-27B Polaris A-2

Hampton Air Power Park 2026


Polaris nose cap

Imperial War Museum, London 2019