The Common Missile Compartment program is for the design, testing, and delivery of missile tubes for the Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missile used by the U.S. and British navies.

The Common Missile Compartment program is for the design, testing and delivery of missile tubes for the Trident II D5 submarine launched ballistic missile used by the U.S. and UK navies.

During the conversion, two of the tubes used to fire nuclear missiles are turned into entrance and exit routes for sailors, SEALS and other Special Forces operatives. Of the remaining 22 missile tu… ...

Twitter lit up, with thousands of pictures and videos of the object. ... the best explanation is that it was an unarmed Trident II (D5) missile test launch from an Ohio-class submarine, ...

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s LMT business unit, Rotary and Mission Systems, recently secured a contract involving the Trident II (D5) missile. The award has been offered by the Strategic Systems ...

General Dynamics Corp.’s GD Electric Boat division recently secured a $55.9-million modification contract for manufacturing 18 missile tubes to support Columbia-class fleet ballistic missile ...

Impressive photo of the giant tubes that house four of the 24 Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM) carried by Ohio-class nuclear submarines. 14 of these submarines travel for ...

One memorable case in October 2016 saw the nose of a Trident-family missile from a U.S. test firing was washed ashore on the beach of Man-O-War Cay in the Bahamas, to be reclaimed by the Coast ...

The B-52H, which first took flight in 1961, is being upgraded to remain in service until at least 2050. The Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile, first deployed in 1990, may fly until 2084.

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 ...