Trident submarine may refer to the following classes of submarine: Ohio-class submarine of the U.S. Navy, armed with Trident Ballistic Missiles (SSBN) or Cruise Missiles (SSGN) Vanguard-class submarine of the Royal Navy, armed with Trident Ballistic Missiles

The US Navy has a total of 18 Ohio-class submarines which consist of 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). The SSBN submarines provide the sea-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Each SSBN submarine is armed with up to 20 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).

Trident is an operational system of four Vanguard-class submarines armed with Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles, able to deliver thermonuclear warheads from multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs).

2024年2月21日 · The Trident system of submarines, missiles and weapons is part of the UK's nuclear deterrent.

2024年10月14日 · The Ohio Class, also known as Trident submarines, are the U.S. Navy's most potent and expensive fleet ballistic missile (FBM) submarines. They are the biggest ballistic missile submarines ever constructed by the U.S.

2019年5月15日 · The Trident II D5 SLBM is a three-stage, solid-fuel, inertially-guided missile with a range of 4,000 nautical miles capable of carrying multiple W76-Mk4/Mk4A or W88-Mk5 reentry bodies. The...

The 18 Ohio-class (Trident) ballistic-missile submarines must be considered among the most effective warships ever built. Designed and built by Electric Boat, these submarines are without question the most powerful ships ever put to sea.

Trident missile, American-made submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) that succeeded the Poseidon and Polaris missiles in the 1980s and ’90s. It is the sole strategic-range nuclear weapon of the United Kingdom and constitutes the sea-based leg of the United States’ nuclear forces.

2017年5月23日 · MPs have backed building replacements for the UK's Vanguard fleet of four submarines carrying Trident nuclear missiles. The subs are due to become obsolete by the end of the next decade.

Britain’s Trident nuclear weapon system consists of four components: missiles, warheads, submarines and support infrastructure. The delivery platform for the Trident missile is the Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (now owned by BAE Systems) at Barrow-in-Furness.