Chevaline (/ˈʃɛvəliːn/) was a system to improve the penetrability of the warheads used by the British Polaris nuclear weapons system. Devised as an answer...
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Annecy shootings (redirect from Chevaline killing)
The Annecy shootings, also the French Alps shootings or the Chevaline killings, were the deaths on 5 September 2012 of three members of a British family...
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Chevaline may refer to: The Chevaline project, a former secret project to upgrade the British Polaris missile system Chevaline, a commune of the Haute-Savoie...
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UGM-27 Polaris (section Chevaline)
Panton, Dr F. The Unveiling of Chevaline. Prospero/Journal of BROHP. 2004. Panton, Dr F. Polaris Improvements and the Chevaline System. Prospero/Journal of...
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Chevaline (French pronunciation: [ʃəvalin]; Arpitan: Shvalnà) is a commune in the southeastern French department of Haute-Savoie. Communes of the Haute-Savoie...
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the Royal Navy who also retained MRV with the Chevaline upgrade, though the number of warheads in Chevaline was reduced to two due to the ABM counter-measures...
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Choranche cave (section Chevaline Cave)
The cave of Choranche, also called cave of Coufin-Chevaline, is located in the department of Isère, near Choranche in the Vercors Regional Natural Park...
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Falstaff was a British sounding rocket used during the 1970s as part of the Chevaline programme to improve the penetrability of the Polaris nuclear missile...
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Although the Navy's favoured option, the British government instead adopted Chevaline, a two warhead MRV system with decoys, on the existing Polaris airframes...
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more tests at the NTS as part of the Super Antelope, a component of the Chevaline programme, which aimed to harden the UK Polaris missiles against Soviet...
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which is over 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) deep, and the Réseau de Coufin-Chevaline (grotte de Choranche), a show cave in the Bourne Gorge which has almost...
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British also developed the Falstaff sounding rocket as a part of the [Chevaline] program. There were eight launches between 1969 and 1979 from the Woomera...
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deterrent was maintained, the UK developed an improved front end named Chevaline. There was controversy when this project became public knowledge in 1980...
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Paris-Vincennes trotting races] (in French). La France chevaline. La France chevaline du 11 mai 1895 [La France chevaline, May 11, 1895] (in French). Gallica. Machart...
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casing, and was somewhat longer and heavier than WE.177A. During the Chevaline program, the number of warheads on each Polaris missile was reduced from...
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compromise versus warhead size and numbers on board, as well as missile range. Chevaline Stealth aircraft Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed...
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held at Charterhouse School, Godalming. 2002-04-03 'Dark Horse - The Chevaline Project 1961-1982'. British Rocketry Oral History Programme (BROHP) Conference...
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missile (ABM) bursts before re-entry. 3DQP was first used on the British Chevaline improved front end (IFE) for the Royal Navy's UGM-27 Polaris system that...
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early 1970s. In the latter role he gave the final commitment to Project Chevaline, the Polaris missile improvement programme. He went on to be Chairman...
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Frank Panton (section Chevaline project)
amateur archaeologist who played a key role in the development of the Chevaline nuclear weapons system during the Cold War. He served as the Assistant...
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trials off Scotland. Following a refit Renown carried out test firings of Chevaline, which was a modification of the Polaris missiles to enable them to penetrate...
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Chevaline, which replaced one of the three warheads in a Polaris missile with multiple decoys, chaff, and other defensive countermeasures. Chevaline was...
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Office official historian of the UK strategic nuclear deterrent and the Chevaline programme. Britain, the United States and the Mediterranean War, 1942-44...
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mirrored the parliamentary secrecy over a previous defence project, the Chevaline programme to enhance the Polaris nuclear missile. The previous head of...
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the Polaris A3TK missile which was fitted with the British-developed Chevaline MRV system. As the newer Vanguard-class submarines entered service, the...
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armed with Chevaline". However, 48 warheads per Trident submarine represents a 50% increase on the 32 warheads per submarine of Chevaline. Total explosive...
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des courses au trot sur la production chevaline en France (in French). Paris: Bureaux de la "France chevaline". Cauchois, Louis (1908). Les familles...
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8,300 9,300 Soviet Union/Russia Operational UGM-27 Polaris (A-3) and Chevaline 4,600 United Kingdom Decommissioned UGM-133 Trident II (D5) 12,000 United...
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Chaumont Chavannaz Chavanod Chêne-en-Semine Chênex Chens-sur-Léman Chessenaz Chevaline Chevenoz Chevrier Chilly Choisy Clarafond-Arcine Les Clefs Clermont La...
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