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accurate land-based missile in the U.S. strategic arsenal. Owing to its improved accuracy and larger payload compared to its SLBM predecessors, Trident II would be able to attack hardened targets in the Soviet Union that were not previously vulnerable to sea-launched ballistic missiles. Although U.S. planners might assume that these strikes against hardened targets in the Soviet Union would be retaliatory attacks, a Soviet net-assessment of U.S. first-strike capabilities would have to include the improved sea-based missiles.
562:, Florida. The launch attempt failed four seconds into the flight because the plume of water following the missile rose to a greater height than expected, and water was in the nozzle when the motor ignited. Once the problem was understood, relatively simple changes were quickly made, but the problem delayed the initial operating capability of Trident II until March 1990. IOC for Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) was completed on schedule in 2001, allowing Trident II SSBN to be deployed in the Pacific theater.
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Trident II and relevant submarines at sites and shipyards from Sunnyvale, California, and Bangor, Washington, to Kings Bay, Georgia, and Cape Canaveral, Florida, among other locales. Peraton was contracted for program support services on the Trident II reentry subsystem, and Systems Planning & Analysis Inc. was contracted for Trident II technical services, program support, assessments, special studies, and systems engineering.
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December 1978, the Navy's and the Air Force's own studies agreed with each other that a similar missile structure would not achieve desired savings. It was determined that the Navy and Air Force would maintain and be responsible for their own unique weapon systems. The US Navy continued with its own design of the Trident II.
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of improving accuracy. In the
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Defense Department directed the Navy to fund all development of the Trident II D5 missile with a December 1989 IOC. All research and development efforts would be directed toward "a new development, advanced
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The second and third-stage sections are connected by an integrated equipment/adapter section (ES). The equipment/adapter section is modified to be shorter and more compact than the C-4's adapter section. The D-5's equipment section contains critical guidance and flight control avionics, such as the
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is then jettisoned, separating from the missile. When the nose fairing is clear of the missile, the third-stage TVC subsystem ignites, and ordnance separates the second-stage motor. The third-stage motor then ignites, pushing the equipment section the remaining distance (approx. 40 seconds) of the
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kt W76-0 warhead, but beginning in September 2008 W76-0s were converted to W76-1s. This process was completed by December 2018. Conversion from the W76-0 to W76-1 involved fitting the warheads with a new RV (the Mk-4A), replacing age limited components and fitting the warhead with a new MC4700
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Mk 6 navigation system. The equipment section also contains the third-stage TVC system, ordnance for ejecting from the second-stage motor, and the MIRV platform. The nose fairing shields the payload and third-stage motor. Mounted within the nose cap (above the nose fairing) is an extendable
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warhead for use on Trident II and US$ 32 million to begin development of a new Mk-7 RV. If approved, the W93 will be the first new nuclear weapon system to receive a type designation since the end of the Cold War. It is unclear if the W93 will replace the W76-1, the W88 or both warheads.
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arming, fusing and firing (AF&F) system. The MC4700 AF&F system (dubbed the "super fuze") significantly improves warhead kill probabilities against hardened targets such as silos or bunkers. The W76-2 is also fitted with the Mk-4A RV and MC4700 fuze.
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atop the missile deploys shortly after first-stage ignition to shape airflow. When the first-stage motor ceases operation, the second-stage TVC subsystem ignites. The first-stage motor is then ejected by ordnance within the interstage casing.
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2554:
2539:. Carey Sublette. 30 April 2001
2525:
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2445:
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2374:
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2255:"Contracts for October 2, 2020"
2247:
2230:"Contracts for October 1, 2020"
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2021:
1973:
1918:
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1747:
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1676:
1651:
975:-class submarine of the US Navy
631:carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer
519:Senate Armed Services Committee
4087:Trident (UK nuclear programme)
2329:"Santa Cruz Facility Brochure"
1613:"Trident D-5 - Missile Threat"
1583:
1366:
515:House Armed Services Committee
423:class and 16 missiles on each
1:
2648:Science & Global Security
1468:10.1080/00963402.2019.1606503
1360:
1060:Trident II missile submarines
807:Range (exact is classified):
452:Trident D5LE (life-extension)
2562:"Britain's Next Nuclear era"
1754:Cimbala, Stephen J. (2010).
1591:"Fact file: Trident missile"
941:
796:Atomic Weapons Establishment
554:, the first D-5 ship of the
486:initial operating capability
399:—enables it to be used as a
7:
1835:Congressional Budget Office
1663:www.designation-systems.net
1601:– via news.bbc.co.uk.
1308:
741:
340:Ballistic missile submarine
319:actuated by a gas generator
10:
4113:
2537:The Nuclear Weapon Archive
2259:U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
2234:U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
2117:"Trident I C-4 FBM / SLBM"
1792:Stellan Vinthagen (2012).
1570:"High Energy Rocket Fuels"
814:Guidance system: The MK 6
585:, each stage containing a
457:
18:
4024:
3898:
3877:
3670:
3402:
3122:
2832:
2660:10.1080/08929889408426405
2305:"FBM Functional Elements"
1413:Encyclopedia Astronautica
802:Additional specifications
576:
331:
323:
308:
302:Global Positioning System
300:which is able to receive
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56:
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1027:Artists' impressions of
700:Thrust Vectoring Control
367:, and deployed with the
2788:UGM-133A Trident II D-5
816:Astro-inertial guidance
720:astro-inertial guidance
571:Trident nuclear program
569:missile as part of its
508:US Secretary of Defense
298:astro-inertial guidance
951:
851:Increase in range (%)
687:
477:
4011:M30 GMLRS/M31 GMLRS-U
949:
681:
668:Sequence of operation
595:thrust vector control
465:
383:and strengthens U.S.
365:Sunnyvale, California
361:Lockheed Martin Space
317:Single movable nozzle
110:$ 30.9 million (2019)
101:Lockheed Martin Space
4072:Lockheed Corporation
3295:AGM-84/RGM-84/UGM-84
2790:at Wikimedia Commons
2589:6 April 2011 at the
2009:on 24 September 2015
1201:District of Columbia
623:ammonium perchlorate
581:The Trident II is a
385:strategic deterrence
261:ammonium perchlorate
32:UGM-133A Trident II
2033:www.astronautix.com
1933:The Daily Telegraph
1593:. 23 September 2009
1459:2019BuAtS..75c.122K
1054:King's Bay, Georgia
838:
609:. (NEPE stands for
603:polyethylene glycol
397:land-based missiles
349:UGM-133A Trident II
249:polyethylene glycol
199:Single or multiple
2738:on 30 October 2016
2582:Kristensen, Hans.
2513:. 25 February 2020
2486:. 24 February 2020
2421:. 24 January 2019.
2060:Arms Control Today
1880:on 26 January 2017
1716:on 12 January 2014
1077:United States Navy
1031:-class (left) and
952:
845:Throw-weight (kg)
836:
820:strategic missiles
688:
583:three-stage rocket
478:
92:Production history
82:United States Navy
4049:
4048:
2786:Media related to
2672:Siouris, George.
1541:Parsch, Andreas.
1489:. 29 January 2020
1407:Parsch, Andreas.
1306:
1305:
939:
938:
728:inertial guidance
679:
587:solid-fuel rocket
534:Caspar Weinberger
359:(SLBM), built by
345:
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222:solid-fuel rocket
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2039:on 4 August 2016
2035:. Archived from
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1795:Tackling Trident
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1419:on 4 August 2016
1415:. Archived from
1404:
1389:
1388:
1386:
1384:
1370:
1355:K Missile family
1274:-class submarine
1236:-class submarine
1225:
1223:
1222:
1194:-class submarine
1092:Henry M. Jackson
1086:-class submarine
1075:
1073:
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1064:
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1052:-class SSBNs at
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724:star positioning
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591:Northrop Grumman
441: (SSBN-741)
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189:unknown Mk-7 RV/
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3517:CQM-121/CGM-121
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2596:, 1 April 2011.
2591:Wayback Machine
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3034:LGM-35 (II)
2468:18 November
2437:12 December
2310:12 December
2286:12 December
2095:12 December
2013:24 December
1987:6 September
1965:21 February
1811:29 November
1692:Imgur image
1575:13 December
1281:Dreadnought
1272:Dreadnought
1033:Dreadnought
660:component.
599:Trident C-4
482:Trident C-4
476:test launch
377:Trident C-4
268:Operational
4056:Categories
3713:AGM-158A/B
3029:AQM-35 (I)
2764:24 January
2742:25 January
2654:(1): 303.
2264:19 January
2239:19 January
2164:US 8778103
1943:26 January
1884:26 January
1858:5 December
1773:29 January
1521:29 January
1493:29 January
1361:References
1276:(planned)
1249:Victorious
1227:Royal Navy
1196:(planned)
1043:Royal Navy
658:3D printed
393:submarines
373:Royal Navy
353:Trident D5
237:Propellant
86:Royal Navy
16:US/UK SLBM
4029:See also:
3941:Have Dash
3305:AGM-84H/K
3004:MGM-31A/B
2209:1 January
1543:"UGM-133"
1263:Vengeance
1208:Wisconsin
1183:Louisiana
1120:Tennessee
1047:U.S. Navy
988:HMS
966:USS
942:Operators
842:Mk-5 RVs
764:New START
704:aerospike
696:submarine
654:US Navy's
639:aerospike
551:Tennessee
549:USS
445:HMS
437:USS
389:New START
155:1–8 Mk-5
3804:AIM-174B
3718:AGM-158C
3455:BGM-109G
3352:"AIM-92"
2697:Archived
2587:Archived
2072:23623966
2043:29 March
1937:Archived
1668:29 March
1622:29 March
1617:csis.org
1597:29 March
1345:R-39 Rif
1309:See also
1292:Warspite
1256:Vigilant
1242:Vanguard
1234:Vanguard
1192:Columbia
1155:Nebraska
1148:Maryland
1141:Kentucky
1029:Columbia
995:Vanguard
990:Vigilant
968:Kentucky
865:nominal
766:treaty.
742:Warheads
619:aluminum
469:Kentucky
447:Vanguard
425:Vanguard
415:Vanguard
403:weapon.
335:platform
324:Accuracy
310:Steering
290:Guidance
257:Aluminum
230:Hercules
193:(unknown
144:Diameter
115:Produced
4006:Wagtail
3986:OpFires
3906:Aequare
3890:MIM-401
3885:AIM-260
3869:AGM-187
3864:MQM-186
3859:MQM-185
3854:RGM-184
3849:AGM-183
3844:LGM-182
3839:AGM-181
3834:AGM-180
3829:AGM-179
3824:MQM-178
3819:BQM-177
3814:AGM-176
3809:MQM-175
3800:RIM-174
3795:GQM-173
3790:FGM-172
3785:MQM-171
3780:MQM-170
3775:AGM-169
3770:MGM-168
3765:BQM-167
3760:MGM-166
3755:RGM-165
3750:MGM-164
3745:GQM-163
3740:RIM-162
3735:RIM-161
3730:ADM-160
3725:AGM-159
3708:MGM-157
3703:RIM-156
3698:BQM-155
3693:AGM-154
3688:AGM-153
3683:AIM-152
3678:FQM-151
3671:151–200
3662:PQM-150
3657:PQM-149
3652:FGM-148
3647:BQM-147
3642:MIM-146
3637:BQM-145
3632:ADM-144
3627:MQM-143
3622:AGM-142
3617:ADM-141
3612:MGM-140
3607:RUM-139
3602:CEM-138
3597:AGM-137
3592:AGM-136
3587:ASM-135
3582:MGM-134
3577:UGM-133
3572:AIM-132
3567:AGM-131
3562:AGM-130
3557:AGM-129
3552:AQM-128
3547:AQM-127
3542:BQM-126
3532:AGM-124
3527:AGM-123
3522:AGM-122
3512:AIM-120
3507:AGM-119
3502:LGM-118
3497:FQM-117
3492:RIM-116
3487:MIM-115
3482:AGM-114
3477:RIM-113
3472:AGM-112
3467:BQM-111
3462:BGM-110
3445:BQM-108
3440:MQM-107
3435:BQM-106
3430:MQM-105
3425:MIM-104
3420:AQM-103
3415:PQM-102
3410:RIM-101
3403:101–150
3394:LIM-100
3300:AGM-84E
3104:XLIM-49
3008:MGM-31C
2972:LGM-25C
2967:HGM-25A
2619:8 March
2568:8 March
2543:8 March
2517:8 March
2490:9 March
2387:23 June
2366:23 June
2345:23 June
2188:13 June
2148:13 June
2122:13 June
1720:21 June
1643:13 June
1549:11 June
1455:Bibcode
1423:11 June
1287:Valiant
1176:Wyoming
1099:Alabama
777:In the
607:NEPE-75
497:MX ICBM
493:MX ICBM
474:DASO 26
458:History
304:updates
251:-bound
241:NEPE-75
226:Thiokol
187:kt) or
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152:Warhead
4001:Sprint
3389:LIM-99
3384:YQM-98
3379:AIM-97
3374:UGM-96
3369:AIM-95
3364:YQM-94
3359:XQM-93
3347:FIM-92
3342:AQM-91
3337:BQM-90
3332:UGM-89
3327:AGM-88
3322:AGM-87
3317:AGM-86
3312:RIM-85
3290:AGM-83
3285:AIM-82
3280:AQM-81
3275:AGM-80
3270:AGM-79
3265:AGM-78
3260:FGM-77
3255:AGM-76
3250:BGM-75
3245:BQM-74
3240:UGM-73
3235:MIM-72
3230:BGM-71
3225:LEM-70
3220:AGM-69
3215:AIM-68
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