Word: pinpoints
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Ship's Inertial Navigation System (SINS) will provide the attack center with instantaneous pinpoint positioning, and the tapes can be quickly fed into computers to program missile shots to preset targets. Even while submerged, George Washington can receive messages, and if war should come, she would be able to fire her 16 Polaris missiles at 16 separate targets from below the surface depths within a few minutes (see map). "After that," says Skipper Osborn, "our war is over, and we go home." Three Years Ahead. The technological war to get the Polaris weapon systems built got started just three...