but always carrying her deadly 'cargo' of two-stage ballistic missiles. The nickname given to the missile compartment housing these 16 missiles, which are 31 feet long, 4┬╜ feet in diameter and weigh 28 000 pounds, was 'Sherwood Forest'. Fired from the submerged submarine, the multiple nuclear warheads could soar into the stratosphere and devastate a target 2500 nautical miles away. One Polaris submarine carried more destructive potential than the total amount of explosives expended by all sides in the Second World War.
When a Polaris submarine headed out into the open sea, the crew settled down to a life of routine, where days passed relatively quickly, but time seemed to stand still. Their main activities were devoted entirely to ensuring that the secrecy of their position was preserved, and that the deadly missiles were always
