UGM-133 Trident II

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The UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California, and deployed with the United States Navy and Royal Navy. It was first deployed in March 1990, and remains in service. With greater accuracy, payload, and range than the earlier Trident C-4, it is a key element of US and UK strategic deterrence, and complements the US strategic nuclear triad of land-based LGM-30 Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles and air-based bombs and AGM-86B missiles. The Trident II is considered to be a durable sea-based system capable of engaging many targets. It has payload flexibility that can accommodate various treaty requirements, such as New START. The Trident II's increased payload allows nuclear deterrence to be accomplished with fewer submarines, and its high accuracy—approaching that of land-based missiles—enables it to be used as a first strike weapon. Trident II missiles are carried by 14 US Ohio and...

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