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Navigation Aids for Submarine Polar Missions

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July 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the first mission of a Soviet submarine to the geographic North Pole. This and subsequent missions required new navigation aids to be developed. This paper studies the development of the navigation aids used in the polar missions.

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  1. The Soviet leader N.S. Khrushchev conducted a governmental reform under which the ministries of various industries were replaced with respective state committees.

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    V. G. Peshekhonov

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Peshekhonov, V.G. Navigation Aids for Submarine Polar Missions. Gyroscopy Navig. 13, 120–127 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075108722020067

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