-Each Columbia-class submarine will carry 16 Trident II D5 missiles, capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads, providing a formidable second-strike capability.

The Trident II D5 missile is the most fearsome weapon in the entire U.S. military arsenal, which makes it a very effective tool in deterring aggression.

The plan modifies a W76-1 warhead, which has an explosive yield of 100 kilotons — seven times the size of the weapon used against Hiroshima — to produce the W76-2, reportedly with a yield of ...

Lockheed Martin has received a $383 million award from the U.S. Navy to work on the next generation of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System D5 missile.. Navy Contract Details. The cost-plus ...

First deployed in the 1980s, the Trident II D5 is a three-stage, solid-fueled missile with a nominal range of 4,000 nm (4,600 miles, 7,400 km) with a payload of multiple independently targeted ...

The first ballistic missile used by the U.S. Navy was the Polaris (A1) missile. It could only carry one nuclear warhead and had a fraction of the range that the Trident II has; 1,200 nautical miles.

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT business segment, Space Systems, recently clinched a modification contract for manufacturing its Trident II D5 missile. Per the terms of the deal, Lockheed will also ...

Lockheed Martin Corporation LMT recently clinched a modification contract involving the Trident II (D5) missile. The Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C. awarded the deal. Valued at $49.9 ...

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT Space business segment clinched a modification contract involving Trident II (D5) missile. The award has been offered by the Strategic Systems Programs, Washington ...

A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a test site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country’s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have malfunctioned ...

-Each Columbia-class submarine will carry 16 Trident II D5 missiles, ... and sea nuclear deployment options. ... (SLBMs), which are large, long-range missiles armed with multiple nuclear warheads.

The first ballistic missile used by the U.S. Navy was the Polaris (A1) missile. It could only carry one nuclear warhead and had a fraction of the range that the Trident II has; 1,200 nautical miles.