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	Trident missile -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Trident I (C4) was first deployed in 1979 and gradually phased out through the (The decade from 1990 to 1999) 1990s and early (additional info and facts about 2000s) 2000s.
		The Trident II is also accurate enough to be considered a (The initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate) first strike weapon.
		All three stages of the Trident II are made of (additional info and facts about graphite epoxy) graphite epoxy, whose integrated structure means considerable weight saving.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/trident_missile.htm (490 words)

	Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile FBM / SLBM - United States
		Trident II D-5 is the sixth generation member of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program which started in 1956.
		Trident II is fired by the pressure of expanding gas in the launch tube.
		The ten Trident submarines in the Atlantic fleet were initially equipped with the D-5 Trident II missile.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/d-5.htm (491 words)

	TRIDENT - Ship Launched Ballistic Missile
		The Trident missiles are submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).
		The Trident I is the successor to the Poseidon (C-3) SLBM.
		Trident II (D-5) was a development that became possible because of the new, larger OHIO-class (also known as Trident-class).
	navysite.de /weapons/trident.htm (428 words)

	Trident missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Trident fleet ballistic missile is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheadss and is launched from submarines, making it an SLBM.
		Trident I missiles were, and Trident II missiles are, deployed in Ohio-class submarines, each capable of carrying 24 missiles.
		The Trident II (D5) is a three-stage, solid-propellant, inertially guided FBM with a range of more than 7400 kilometers (4600 statute miles).
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/trident_missile.html (451 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -TRIDENT_II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Trident II is launched by the pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube.
		Trident I (C4) was first deployed in 1979 and is planned to be deployed until phased out in the early 2000s.
		The Trident II (D5) missile is also provided to the United Kingdom which equips the missile with UK warheads and deploys the missile on Vanguard Class UK submarines.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=TRIDENT_II&cat=o&lev=2 (354 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The launch was important because Alaska is the first Ohio-class Trident SSBN to be retrofitted to the Trident II D5 configuration from its earlier Trident I C4 missile configuration.
		The first eight Trident SSBNs were outfitted with the Trident I C4 missile and support systems, but the Navy's intention from the start was to backfit all of these submarines with newer Trident II D5 missiles and support systems--when they became available.
		The Trident II D5 backfit accounted for approximately 55 percent of the workload; the remaining 45 percent included periodic maintenance (by the ship's force), intermediate and depot-level maintenance, and the installation of numerous modernization alterations, not all of which were conjunctive to the Trident II D5 backfit.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/july_02_46.php (1699 words)

	$9 billion for what? \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The 24 Trident II missiles aboard each of the 10 Trident submarines stationed at Kings Bay, Georgia, carry up to eight W76 or W88 warheads each, for a total of 1,920 warheads.
		Under START II, the United States would be required to reduce its total inventory of SLBM warheads to 2,160 by the end of 2003, and then to no more than 1,750 by the end of 2007, roughly half of current levels.
		Each Trident II missile costs $40.9 million, and the navy plans to purchase 106 of them by the end of 2005 for a cool $4.3 billion.
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=ja00shaw (1278 words)

	Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile FBM / SLBM - United States Nuclear Forces
		The TRIDENT II Weapon System was to be an evolution of the TRIDENT I. However, going back to be an advanced technology missile capable of 4000 nm range when carrying a similar payload as the POSEIDON (C3) would carry to approximately 2000 nm.
		A TRIDENT II baseline was defined as a point of departure for the study.
		This baseline TRIDENT II, with a modification to the guidance system, additional electronics hardening, and the addition of an external protective coating for dust and debris protection, was determined to be the common missile.
	fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/d-5.htm (4528 words)

	Cape Canaveral Rocket and Missile Programs: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Trident II D5 missile program was initiated in October, 1980 under what was known as the Phase I demonstration and validation of the U.S. Navy Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) modernization program.
		The resulting Trident II D5, which was designed to use existing Trident I launch tubes, is a potent three-stage missile which provides the backbone of U.S. nuclear offensive capability.
		As was the case with the Poseidon C3 and Trident I C4, which are referred to as Poseidon and Trident I, the Trident II D5 may be accurately referred to simply as Trident II because only one version of the missile was ever deployed.
	www.spaceline.org /rocketsum/trident-II-d5.html (239 words)

	Sea Power: Weapons/Navy
		The long range of the UGM-96 Trident I (C4) and UGM-133A Trident II (D5) carried by the Ohio-class nuclear-powered Trident ballisticmissile submarines (SSBNs) vastly increases the areas in which the submarines can operate and still have their missiles reach their targets, offsetting improvements in the antisubmarine-warfare capability of potential adversaries.
		Trident Is are deployed in the first eight ships of the Ohio class, all homeported in Bangor, Wash. Trident Its were first deployed in the USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in 1990 and arm the latter 10 boats of the class.
		Both Trident I and Trident II SLBMs are subject to the limitations of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which limit the levels of nuclear warheads deployed on ballistic missiles (both land- and sea-based).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200201/ai_n9081184 (1207 words)

	Trident II Missiles: Capability, Costs, and Alternatives
		The Trident II missile, which would be larger, more powerful, and nearly twice as accurate as the Trident I missile that it would replace, would greatly increase U.S. ability to destroy hardened targets in the Soviet Union.
		Trident submarines, seven of which have already been deployed and one of which is on sea trials, will continue to replace the older Poseidon submarines.
		The Trident II would eventually replace the Trident I missile on the first eight Trident submarines and would be deployed as original equipment on the subsequent Trident submarines.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=5971&sequence=0 (1070 words)

	FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILES (Also called Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Trident II (D-5) is a three stage, solid propellant, inertially guided FBM with a range of more than 4,000 nautical miles (4,600 statute miles).
		Trident II is more sophisticated with a significantly greater three stages of the Trident II are made of lighter, stronger, stiffer graphite epoxy, whose integrated structure mean considerable weight saving.
		Trident II is fired by the pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/systems/dvic419.htm (367 words)

	Allenbrook - Press Releases: View Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Stephen Friedman, a Trident II principal, said, "The management of AMS has built a strong business by listening to its customers and responding rapidly to their needs.
		Trident II, L.P., is a limited partnership with aggregate capital commitments of approximately $1.3 billion from institutional investors.
		Trident II makes private equity and equity-related investments in the global insurance, reinsurance, insurance technology and related industries.
	www.allenbrook.com /news/press_releases_view.asp?PRID=3 (528 words)

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		A considerable increase and payload was incorporated into Trident II by encasing the first two stages in epoxied graphite, and the third-stage in the filament-wound Kevlar.
		Trident II is ejected by the pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube upon firing.
		The Trident system makes possible deployment of an improved missile carrying submarine, the Ohio class, with a much longer range strategic ballistic missile, offsetting improvements in Soviet anti-submarine warfare capability by vastly increasing the area in which submarines can operate and still have their missiles reach their target.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/academic/history/marshall/military/USN/navpalib/USN_weapons.txt (5142 words)

	Trident II Missile Test Program
		The Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is being developed to replace the Trident I SLBM on the Navy's Trident submarines.
		The Navy envisions that the Trident II missile, the first deployment of which is planned for December 1989, will eventually be deployed on about 20 Trident submarines.
		The Navy plans to support deployment of the Trident II with a three-part flight test program that would be the largest and most expensive ballistic missile test program in the history of US armaments.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=6184&sequence=0 (995 words)

	Nuclear Options - Do we need new nukes? By Fred Kaplan
		Each Trident I and Trident II explodes with the force of 100 kilotons.
		The Trident II also has more advanced guidance systems, which (at least theoretically) allow the accuracy needed to destroy highly blast-resistant targets, such as hardened Soviet missile silos.
		There are eight Ohio-class submarines and 14 Trident submarines, each of which holds 24 Trident I or Trident II missiles.
	www.slate.com /id/2116692/sidebar/2116808 (80 words)

	Sea Power: Trident II DS backfits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The launch was important because Alaska is the first Ohio-class Trident SSBN to be retrofitted to the Trident II DS configuration from its earlier Trident I C4 missile configuration.
		The first eight Trident SSBNs were outfitted with the Trident I C4 missile and support systems, but the Navy's intention from the start was to backfit all of these submarines with newer Trident II DS missiles and support systems-when they became available.
		The Trident II D5 backfit accounted for approximately 55 percent of the workload; the remaining 45 percent included periodic maintenance (by the ship's force), intermediate and depot-- level maintenance, and the installation of numerous modernization alterations, not all of which were conjunctive to the Trident II DS backfit.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_200207/ai_n9092010 (1272 words)

	Ohio class submarine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Beginning with the ninth Trident submarine, USS Tennessee, the remaining ships were equipped with the upgraded Trident II D-5 variant as they were constructed.
		Trident II can deliver significantly more payload than Trident I and more accurately.
		Beginning in 2007–2010, 22 of the 24 88-inch diameter Trident missile tubes will be modified to contain large vertical launch systems (VLS), one configuration of which will be a cluster of seven Tomahawk missiles.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Ohio-class-submarine.htm (853 words)

	Naval Technology - SSBN Vanguard Class - Ballistic Missile Submarine
		The Trident II or D5 missile (designated UGM-133A) is a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) manufactured by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space.
		Trident II is a three-stage solid propellant missile with supersonic speed.
		The Mark 6 guidance system on Trident II is a star-sight aided inertial guidance system, which gives a CEP of 120m.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/vanguard (932 words)

	SSBN-726 Ohio-Class Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine SSBN - United States Nuclear Forces
		This second missile, subsequently termed ULMS II, was to be a larger, higher-performance missile than the extended-range POSEIDON and to have a range capability of approximately 6000 nm.
		The term TRIDENT (C4) replaced the extended-range missile (Advanced POSEIDON) nomenclature in May 1972, and the name TRIDENT II was used to designate the new longer range missile.
		Beginning with the ninth Trident submarine, USS Tennessee (SSBN 734), all new ships are equipped with the Trident II D-5 missile system as they were built, and the earlier ships are being retrofitted to Trident II.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/ssbn-726.htm (1794 words)

	Nuke Sub Missiles Notch Up Three More Successful Tests
		The missiles represented the 92nd, 93rd and 94th consecutive successful tests of the Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile and continues the impressive string of successful test launches that began in December 1989.
		Trident II D5 is a three-stage, solid propellant, inertial-guided submarine-launched ballistic missile.
		Trident II D5, the sixth generation of FBMs developed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy, is presently deployed in the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/icbm-01h.html (636 words)

	Trident I Missile Delivered to Navy Museum For Future Exhibit
		The C-4 was based on an extended-range version of the older Poseidon missile, and led to the current and more advanced Trident II D-5 missile.
		The gaining of the Trident missile was the result of the cooperation between the Naval Historical Center's (NHC) curator branch and the Navy’s Strategic System Program Office (SSP), in Washington, D.C. After a collaboration of more than two months with the SSP, Frank Thompson, NHC curator, managed to obtain the Trident I for display.
		For a Trident I TMOM, this distinguishing feature is a hole drilled through the aft dome of the first stage motor into the inert material inside the motor.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=9437 (611 words)

	No. 89-53 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Were the full Congress to go along with the Defense Subcommittee's proposal, the Trident II program would suffer extreme disruption and important deterrent requirements would go unfulfilled.
		Either of these plans would greatly increase Trident II costs, lengthen the time it would take to reach full operational capability and compound the ever-present risks of technical problems due to programmatic dislocations.
		Britain has built its entire future strategic force around the Trident II missile; a multi-billion dollar investment is tied to and scheduled around its promised availability.
	www.security-policy.org /papers/1989/89-53.html (1004 words)

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