UGM-133 Trident II
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The UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 is a submarine-launched ballistic missile, built by Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California, and deployed with the United States Navy and Royal Navy. It w
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USS Kentucky firing a Trident II SLBM in 2015 as part of the DASO 26 test launch
USS Kentucky, an Ohio-class submarine of the US Navy
HMS Vigilant, a Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy
Ohio-class submarine
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The Ohio class of nuclear-powered submarines includes the United States Navy's 14 ballistic missile submarines and its 4 cruise missile submarines. Each displacing 18,750 tons submerged, the Ohio-clas
UGM-133 Trident II
…and its high accuracy—approaching that of land-based missiles—enables it to be used as a first strike weapon. Trident II missiles are carried by 14 US Ohio and 4 British Vanguard-class submarines, with 20 missiles on each Ohio class and 16 missiles on each Vanguard class (the number of missiles on Ohio-class…
USS Ohio, during her commissioning ceremony in 1981.
USS Michigan (SSBN-727) at a dry-dock in November 2002, before its conversion to an SSGN
USS Ohio being converted from an SSBN to an SSGN in March 2004
Artist's concept of an Ohio-class SSGN launching Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles