User:James Kemp/Trident missile
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The Trident missile, named after the trident, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from SSBNs, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines and, with British warheads, four Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines.
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Trident II | |
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Type | SLBM |
Service history | |
In service | 1990āpresent |
Used by | United States United Kingdom |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin Space Systems |
Unit cost | $30.9 million [1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 58,500 kg (130,000 lb) |
Length | 44 ft (13.41 m) |
Diameter | 83 in (2.11 m) |
Warhead | up to Eight W76/W88 |
Blast yield | Up to 3.8 megatons |
Engine | three stage solid propellant |
Operational range | up to 7000 miles (11300 km) |
Maximum speed | > 21,030 km/h (>6000 m/s) |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance system, with celestial reference |
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