Fleet Ballistic Missiles
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Burke created a “Special Project Office” for the development of a Fleet Ballistic Missile capable of sea launch in 1955. In the Cold War nuclear arms race, submarines armed with ballistic missiles were viewed as a deterrence to conflict, because retaliation could be guaranteed. Between 1958 and 1965 the Navy had 41 ballistic missile submarines built, the “41 For Freedom.”
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