Teller Quotes;
"The biggest change in this century has not been the introduction of nuclear explosives, it is how the world has become smaller. In the 1930s, the United States was safe. Today, with terrorist attacks, our safety is vanishing."
"Research on nuclear weapons has provided the United States with the ability to deter the use of nuclear weapons throughout the past half century."
"We helped keep the Cold War cold. . . .A war without casualties cannot be as famous as a horrible war, but it is preferable."
On July 20, 1960, the navy conducted the first successful full-scale test of the Polaris weapons system, launching two Polaris A-1 SLBMs (submarine-launched ballistic missiles) from the submerged USS George Washington about 30 miles (48 kilometers) off of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Credits - U.S. Navy Photo