Vanguard-class submarine
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The Vanguard class is a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines in service with the Royal Navy. The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the Trident nuclear programme, and comprises f
HMS Vanguard at Faslane, 2010
The 25,000 m2 (270,000 sq ft) Devonshire Dock Hall indoor shipbuilding complex
Test launch of a Trident II missile by a Vanguard-class submarine
HMS Victorious in the Clyde estuary, 2003
Resolution-class submarine
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The Resolution class was a class of four nuclear ballistic missile submarines built for the Royal Navy as part of the UK Polaris programme. Each submarine was armed with up to 16 UGM-27 Polaris A-3 nu
Vanguard-class submarine
…scheduled to be replaced starting in the early 2030s with the Dreadnought-class submarine. Beginning in the late 1960s, the United Kingdom operated four Resolution-class submarines, each armed with sixteen US-built UGM-27 Polaris missiles. The Polaris missile was supplied to Britain following the terms of the 1963 Polaris Sales…
Repulse in 1979
A training trigger for the Polaris missile system
Polaris missile launch from HMS Revenge in 1983.