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	Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile
		Trident I (C4) was first deployed in 1979 and is planned to be deployed until phased out in the early 2000s.
		Trident I (C4) and Trident II (D5) missiles are deployed in Ohio- class (Trident) submarines, each carrying 24 missiles.
		Trident II is launched by the pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube.
	tech.military.com /equipment/view/88709/trident-fleet-ballistic-missile.html (352 words)

	TRIDENT - Ship Launched Ballistic Missile
		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).
		Trident II is fired by the pressure of expanding gas in the launch tube.
	www.navysite.de /weapons/trident.htm (428 words)

	The US Navy -- Fact File
		The first eight Ohio class submarines (Tridents) were originally equipped with 24 Trident I C-4 ballistic missiles.
		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 are built, and the earlier ships are being retrofitted to Trident II.
		Although the missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarine goes on patrol, the SSBNs are capable of rapidly targeting their missiles should the need arise, using secure and constant at-sea communications links.
	www.navy.mil /navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4100&tid=200&ct=4 (342 words)

	Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile FBM / SLBM - United States Nuclear Forces
		Trident II is fired by the pressure of expanding gas in the launch tube.
		The mostly-common missile was a variant to this common missile where, for Air Force application, a unique propulsion stage was used between the common first stage and second stage to configure a longer three-stage missile with increased range/payload performance.
		The flight test program of the missile and the guidance subsystems of the weapon system began in January 1987, and the overall performance results from the tests indicated that the missile was achieving its objectives for this phase of the program.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/d-5.htm (4528 words)

	Miltary Equipment Guides -SSBN
		The Ohio class submarine replaced aging fleet ballistic missile submarines built in the 1960s and is far more capable.
		Although the missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarine goes on patrol, the SSBNs are capable of rapidly targeting their missiles should the need arise, using secure and constant at-sea communications links.
		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 are built, and the earlier ships are being retrofitted to Trident II.
	www.military.com /Resources/EQG/EQGmain?file=SSBN (312 words)

	Poseidon missile : Trident ballistic missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Poseidon missile was the second US Navy ballistic missile system, powered by a two-stage solid fuel rocket.
		It succeeded the Polaris missile beginning in 1972, bringing major advances in warheads and accuracy.
		It was followed by Trident I in 1979, and Trident II in 1990.
	www.eurofreehost.com /tr/Trident_ballistic_missile.html (170 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.
		The ten Trident submarines in the Atlantic fleet were initially equipped with the D-5 Trident II missile.
		The TRIDENT SWS and support facilities were designed from the beginning to handle the newer and larger missile system with minimal impact and cost.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/d-5.htm (491 words)

	TRIDENT II D-5 \| U.S. Nuclear Forces \| atomicarchive.com
		TRIDENT, named for the three pronged spear (TRIDENT) of mythology's King Neptune is the Navy's third generation fleet ballistic missile program.
		The missile's range is increased by the aerospike, a telescoping outward extension that reduces frontal drag by about 50 percent.
		Trident II is launched by the pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube.
	www.atomicarchive.com /Almanac/TridentD5.shtml (230 words)

	Naval Technology - SSBN Ohio Class - Ballistic Missile Submarine
		The Ohio class submarine is equipped with the Trident strategic ballistic missile from Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space.
		The Trident was built in two versions, Trident I (C4), which is being phased out, and the larger and longer range Trident II (D5), which entered service in 1990.
		Trident II is capable of carrying up to twelve MIRVs (multiple independent re-entry vehicles), each with a yield of 100 kilotons, although the SALT treaty limits this number to eight per missile.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/ohio (1115 words)

	Trident II Missiles: Capability, Costs, and Alternatives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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)

	Royal Navy: Ballistic Submarines
		Each missile is technically capable of delivering up to 12 warheads, enabling a number of different targets to be engaged, and each Vanguard class submarine has 16 missile tubes.
		The missile is ejected from the submarine by high-pressure gas and only when it reaches the surface does the rocket system actually fire.
		Ballistic missile submarines must at all times have a robust and reliable link with their chain of command on the mainland.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/177.html (736 words)

	Cape Canaveral Rocket and Missile Programs: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		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)

	Global Beat: The Strategic Defence Review: UK Nuclear Weapons Posture
		Missiles carrying multiple warheads (probably of yields of about 100 kt each) provide the strategic capability, whilst the sub-strategic element is believed to comprise single warhead missiles.
		The reduction in Trident warheads from 60 per boat to 48 could be achieved either by reducing the number of warheads in some or all of the missiles or, more easily, by removing some of the missiles.
		Removing four missiles per boat would appear to be far more than is justified by a reduced total missile purchase from 65 to 58, and a deployment of 36 missiles is less than the 40 suggested by parliamentary answers.
	www.nyu.edu /globalbeat/nuclear/Pullinger1098.html (4016 words)

	Submarine Models. SEAWOLF - TRIDENT - LOS ANGELES - STURGEON
		The 18 Ohio class, known as Tridents because of the missiles they carry, are each capable of carrying up to 24 ballistic missiles (SLBM).
		Tridents are the sea-based "leg" of the U.S. strategic triad - bombers, land-based ICBMs, and SSBNs - and account for more than 54 percent of all U.S. strategic assets.
		The remaining ten Ohio class carry the improved Trident II D-5 ballistic missile.
	www.creative-woodworking.net /Wooden_Submarine_Models.htm (571 words)

	Trident 2 Passes Test
		The two missiles represented the 88th and 89th consecutive successful launches of the Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) and continue the string of successful test flights 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 fleet ballistic missile developed by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Navy, is presently deployed in the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/icbm-00f.html (353 words)

	Trident SSGN Conversions
		Trident submarines are designated by the letters SSBN, followed by the serial number -- the "SS" indicates a submarine, the "B" tells that it carries ballistic missiles, and the "N" means it is nuclear powered.
		Tomahawk cruise missiles are not the only armament that could be carried on a Trident submarine converted to a stealth battleship.
		The Navy's Standard Missiles, various versions of which are the interceptor for Navy Theater-Wide and Area-Wide Missile Defense programs and a candidate for inclusion in the National Missile Defense scenario, can be launched from the same tubes as Tomahawks.
	www.russfound.org /Launch/aldridge.htm (2304 words)

	Ballistic Missiles
		They are called ballistic because, like the shell from a gun, they receive a brief but powerful initial impetus (from a rocket motor), then follow an unpowered ballistic trajectory after launching.
		The Poseidon missile succeeded Polaris beginning in 1972, followed by Trident I in 1979, and Trident II in 1990.
		Trident II is the longest ranged and most accurate of all U.S. SLBMs to date.
	americanhistory.si.edu /subs/weapons/ballistic (460 words)

	The UK Trident System
		Not all of these missiles will be deployed: 14 are expected to be test fired during the lifetime of the UK Trident force, while four will be held as a processing margin (see table 2).
		Trident was originally intended to provide the UK with an ‘independent’ strategic nuclear capability aimed at deterring the large nuclear arsenals of the Soviet Union/Russia.
		With identical Trident missiles providing both the strategic and sub-strategic role, it is difficult to see how the UK Government would be able in practice to make it ‘clear’ that the use of nuclear weapons in response to an attack was strategic or sub-strategic.
	www.basicint.org /pubs/Research/2001UKtrident1.htm (9717 words)

	Report: About Face: The Role of the Arms Lobby In the Bush Administration's Radical Reversal of Two Decades of U.S. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Trident Submarine modifications: General Dynamics’ Electric Boat shipyard in Groton, Connecticut is the likely beneficiary of a significant portion of the $4 billion in planned expenditures for converting four Trident ballistic missile subs to carry 154 Tactical Tomahawk cruise missiles each.
		Given that missile defense research and development is already slated for $8.4 billion in funding in the FY 2003 budget even before any major equipment has been procured, the pursuit of an emergency missile defense capability could easily add another $10 billion or more to the Pentagon procurement budget over the next five years.
		Missile Defense Agency chief Lt. General Ronald Kadish has also suggested that the "test bed" "will have an inherent, though rudimentary operational capability." In other words, the construction of the test infrastructure in Alaska is tantamount to the deployment of the initial phase of a ground-based system.
	www.worldpolicy.org /projects/arms/reports/reportaboutface.html (11432 words)

	MissileThreat :: Trident E-6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It will likely replace the current Trident D-5 missile deployed in the modern US missile submarines and take a form generally similar to the previous Trident designs.
		The range on the missile will likely be such that it will be able to strike all major strategic targets from international or US waters, allowing the submarines to be militarily secured while remaining within range.
		As the military changes in both the missile and the submarine are unknown, the missile may or may not be similar to the Trident D-5.
	www.missilethreat.com /missiles/trident-e-6_usa.html (507 words)

	Vangaurd Class Ballistic Missile Submarines
		All four Trident submarines are based at HM Naval Base Clyde (Faslane) and are members of the 1st Submarine Squadron.
		This has prompted suggests that one Trident submarine could be converted to carry cruise missiles, an option the Americans are considering with their early Ohio Class Trident submarines.
		Considering a Trident submarine was already on patrol, this suggested that Britain had taken the Russian threat seriously enough to have two vessels at sea simultaneously.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/trident.htm (1905 words)

	U.S. Navy Notches Another Successful Test of the Lockheed Martin-Built Trident II D5 Missiles \| SpaceRef - Your Space ...
		A U.S. Navy Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. Missiles and Space Operations, Sunnyvale, Calif., was successfully launched in a test conducted today from the USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) at the Eastern Test Range off the Florida coast.
		The missile represented the 91st consecutive successful test of the Trident II D5 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) and continue 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.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewpr.html?pid=4837 (673 words)

	Trident
		The OHIO-class Trident Ballistic Missile Submarine provides the sea-based "leg" of the triad of U.S. strategic offensive forces.
		By the turn of the century, the 18 Trident SSBNs (each carrying 24 Trident missiles), carry over 50 percent of the total U.S. strategic warheads.
		Although the missiles have no pre-set targets when the submarine goes on patrol, Tridents missiles are capable of being rapidly targeted, should the need arise, using secure and constant at-sea communications links.
	www.submarinehistory.com /Trident.html (195 words)

	Lockheed UGM-96 Trident I
		The UGM-96 Trident I C-4 is a long-range replacement for the UGM-73 Poseidon C-3 SLBM (Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile), and is one of the two types of SLBM currently in service with the U.S. Navy.
		Later on, the ultimate long-range SLBM would be developed as a larger missile, together with a new class of ballistic missile submarines.
		The four oldest Trident I SSBNs have been retired as ballistic missile submarines, and all of them are being converted to SSGNs (Guided Missile Submarines) as platform for the UGM-109 Tomahawk SLCM.
	www.designation-systems.net /dusrm/m-96.html (714 words)

	Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarines
		And even more advanced Trident I missiles, from 1979 onward, could be accommodated on the last 12 of the original 41 SSBNs.
		Until Trident II became available in 1990, however, the new submarines were equipped with Trident I. Well over twice the displacement of their predecessors, each of the 18 Ohio-class SSBNs carried 24 missiles.
		The Ohio class was designed specifically to carry Trident II missiles, which are much larger than Poseidon or Trident I missiles.
	www.americanhistory.si.edu /subs/const/anatomy/boomers/index.html (552 words)

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