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The UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California, and deployed with the United States and Royal Navy. It was first deployed in March 1990, [ 6 ] and remains in service.
Originally developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation, the missile is armed with thermonuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Trident missiles are carried by twelve [1] United States Navy Ohio-class submarines, with American warheads, as well as four Royal Navy Vanguard-class ...
The missile was a three-stage, solid-fuelled system, capable of carrying up to eight W76 warheads in the Mark 4 RB. The first eight Ohio -class submarines were armed with Trident I missiles. Twelve James Madison - and Benjamin Franklin -class submarines were also retrofitted with Trident I missiles, which replaced older Poseidon missiles.
USS Nebraska (SSBN-739) is the 14th Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, and the second United States Navy vessel to be named in honor of Nebraska, the 37th state. She carries Trident ballistic missiles. Nebraska shares her nickname, "Big Red", with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's athletic teams.
The warhead was initially manufactured from 1978 to 1987 and designed by Los Alamos National Laboratory.It was initially fitted to the Trident I SLBM system, but after the Rocky Flats plant where its successor the W88 was being made was shut down in 1989 after a production run of only 400 warheads, it was decided to transfer W76 warheads to Trident II.
Lockheed Martin (LMT) clinches a $10.9-million contract to support the fiscal 2023 Trident II (D5) missile production schedule.
USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) is the 18th and last ship of the United States Navy ' s Ohio class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines. She carries Trident ballistic missiles and has been in commission since 1997. She is the fourth commissioned ship to bear the name of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Labour has called for assurances over Britain’s nuclear deterrent after reports that a Trident missile test failed for the second time in a row. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail ...