A submarine-launched ballistic missile is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. SLBMs almost exclusively carry one or multiple nuclear warheads, and play an important role in
Polaris A-1 on launch pad LC-25A in Cape Canaveral
A Trident II missile just after launch.
Montage of the launch of a Trident I C-4 SLBM and the paths of its reentry vehicles
Selected US SLBMs. L to R: Polaris A1, Polaris A2, Polaris A3, Poseidon, Trident I and Trident II
Typhoon-class submarine
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The Project 941 Akula is a retired class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines designed and built by the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy. With a submerged displacement of 48,000 t, the Typh
Submarine-launched ballistic missile
…of which were converted as cruise missile submarines (SSGN) in the 2000s to comply with START I treaty requirements. The largest Soviet SSBN was the Project 941 Akula, known in the west as the Typhoon-class (and not to be confused with the Project 971 Shchuka attack submarine, called "Akula" by NATO). The Typhoons…
A Typhoon-class submarine
Soviet Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarine, with inset of an American football field graphic to convey a sense of the enormous size of the vessel
Mikhail Gorbachev inspecting TK-13 in 1987, on the cover of Soviet Military Power
A Typhoon-class submarine on the surface in 1985