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	Trident missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The missiles are ejected from their tubes by gas pressure created by a "gas generator", a solid-fuel rocket motor attached to the bottom of the missile tube which heats a pool of water creating steam.
		Trident Is were also backfitted onto 12 SSBNs of the James Madison and Benjamin Franklin classes, replacing Poseidon missiles.
		The Trident II was the original missile on the British Vanguard and later Ohio SSBNs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trident_missile (600 words)

	Trident missile - TheBestLinks.com - Benjamin Franklin class submarine, Graphite, Intercontinental ballistic missile, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Trident I missiles were, and Trident II missiles are, deployed in Ohio-class submarines, each capable of carrying 24 missiles.
		Trident I missiles were also carried in a limited number of earlier SSBN's of the James Madison and Benjamin Franklin classes.
		Trident II replaces the earlier Trident I missile in those units of the Ohio class built with Trident I. Additional units were built with Trident II.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Trident_missile.html (464 words)

	Ohio class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		Beginning in 2002–2010, 22 of the 24 88-inch (2.2 m) diameter Trident missile tubes will be modified to contain large vertical launch systems (VLS), one configuration of which may be a cluster of seven Tomahawk missiles.
		In this configuration, the number of cruise missiles carried could be a maximum of 154, the equivalent of what is typically deployed in a surface battle group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ohio_class_submarine (922 words)

	India tests anti-aircraft Trident missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Trishul was fired from a mobile launcher at 11.20 am (O550 GMT) at a moving airborne target from the missile testing range in Chandipur in the eastern state of Orissa, the spokesman said.
		The missile -- one of five developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation since 1983 -- is powered by solid fuel.
		The missile is being developed for the army, navy and airforce.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/040210074431.brlvcmqe.html (127 words)

	Trident I C-4 - United States Nuclear Forces
		The TRIDENT I (C-4) is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) developed to replace the Poseidon missile in existing strategic missile submarines and to arm the OHIO class SSBNs.
		The TRIDENT C-4 is a long-range, multiple-warhead missile that is launched from submerged submarines.
		Its ignition is triggered by acceleration of the missile on ejection from the submarine.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/c-4.htm (1920 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.
	navysite.de /weapons/trident.htm (428 words)

	Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile FBM / SLBM - United States Nuclear Forces
		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.
		During the 15th flight, the missile was destroyed by command destruct early in its flight.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/slbm/d-5.htm (4528 words)

	Major Issues - Nuclear Subs
		The ten East Coast Tridents stationed at Kings Bay, Georgia (including the two that are being reassigned to the Pacific) already carry the D-5 missile, and four of the Pacific Tridents are being refit to carry the newer missiles.
		A missile accident could occur during missile test firing, in particular when the 1st stage motor is ignited on the surface.
		Short of detonation, a missile fire could result in a plutonium fire, leading to the release of the toxic and radioactive material, which could be carried over long distances in the wind and water.
	www.hpjc.org /issues_nuclearsub.html (3687 words)

	Naval Technology - SSBN Vanguard Class - Ballistic Missile Submarine
		D5 missiles for the Vanguard Class will carry a maximum of four warheads and, in 1999, it was announced that each vessel would carry a maximum of 48 warheads.
		Trident II is a three-stage solid propellant missile with supersonic speed.
		The missile is ejected from the submarine by high-pressure gas.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/vanguard (877 words)

	Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n6a1 - Trident - Hughes Tomahawk - Harpoon - Sea Wolf - Sea Skua - Sea Dart - Harpoon - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Sea Dart is a surface-to-air missile system with a long range (probably in excess of 80kms) and employs a two-stage system with a primary booster rocket powering the warhead and ramjet on their way to the target.
		The missile is currently carried as the main armament of the Lynx aircraft flying from RN destroyers / frigates.
		Missiles in Royal Naval Service such as: AMRAAM, Sea Eagle and Sidewinder are also in RAF service and the relevant entries are in the RAF Section.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /navy/listings/l0037.html (1038 words)

	BASIC Reports
		On November 7, 2003, a missile handling crew at Bangor, Washington damaged a Trident I (C-4) missile on the USS Georgia (SSBN-729) in a missile handling operation at the Explosives Handling Wharf on Hood Canal.
		Numerous studies conducted in the 1990's by Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy show the primary concern in a Trident missile handling operation is the accidental detonation of the rocket propellant in the missile.
		Safety studies of the Trident missile system have been conducted through a process of fault tree analysis, in which every hazardous event in deployment operations is identified and analyzed.
	www.basicint.org /pubs/BReports/BR86.htm (4915 words)

	(1993- ) Vanguard (Trident)
		The Trident II or D5 missile (designated UGM-133A) is a strategic submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) manufactured by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space.
		The Trident II (D5) is a three-stage, solid-propellant, inertially guided FBM with a range of more than 4,000 nautical miles (4,600 statute miles) at supersonic speed.
		Trident II is launched by the pressure of expanding gas within the launch tube.
	www.submariners.co.uk /Boats/Barrowbuilt/Vanguard (672 words)

	DoD Defends New Sub-Launched Missiles
		The conventional Trident missile would be capable of hitting a fleeting target -- such as an enemy nuclear weapon being prepared for launch or terrorist leaders in an underground facility -- without using a nuclear warhead that runs a higher risk of killing innocent civilians nearby, according to a senior defense official.
		The submarine-launched missile is expected to have a flight time of just 12 to 24 minutes and could hit targets up to 6,000 miles away with an accuracy of 10 yards, said the senior official, who spoke on condition of not being named.
		Using the Trident, “you can have the shortest flight times so that if somebody is trying to hold their neighbor at risk with a short- or medium-range ballistic missile, you've actually got the time lines to do something about it,” the senior officer contends.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,90477,00.html (2379 words)

	Yorkshire CND - How can we welcome a new weapons system at Bangor? - 10/3/02
		The Trident submarine system, developed and deployed during the Cold War, represented a major shift in nuclear war-fighting strategy--from mutually assured destruction to a pre-emptive first strike.
		Missiles launched from hidden positions in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans became capable of traveling over 4500 miles, delivering nuclear warheads within 300 feet of their targets in much less time than land-based missiles.
		To be compliant, the Trident missile section must be cut out of the hull and a new section installed.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/articles/trident_milner.htm (800 words)

	UK, US Defy Nuclear Moratorium
		Trident is virtually useless against such a terrorist threat, because the enemy does not present a target.
		The US is converting some of its Trident missile submarines to fire conventional cruise missiles, armed with tactical warheads, instead of the unwieldy ballistic nuclear missiles.
		Replacing Trident is one of several issues the Government has been keen to keep out of the political spotlight during the election campaign.
	www.truthout.org /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/10806/printer (1986 words)

	The US Navy
		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 (333 words)

	TheSunLink.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Trident submarine USS Pennsylvania, pictured in Dungeness Bay near Sequim with Mount Baker in the background, is one of three subs to transfer to Naval Submarine Base Bangor from the East Coast.
		With four Trident subs being converted to cruise-missile launchers over the next four years, the Navy's fleet will decrease to 14 ballistic missile subs, otherwise known as "Boomers." The Tridents are based at Bangor in Kitsap County and Kings Bay in Georgia.
		A Trident's mission schedule is the most predictable in the Navy as the sub leaves on a 72-day deployment, comes back for 22 days of maintenance, and leaves again for another patrol a short time later.
	www.thesunlink.com /redesign/2003-10-19/local/287738.shtml (1578 words)

	Trident II D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile FBM / SLBM - United States
		The Minuteman ICBM always had the theory that the missiles are at T-minus thirty seconds and holding.
		The TRIDENT SWS and support facilities were designed from the beginning to handle the newer and larger missile system with minimal impact and cost.
		TRIDENT II/D5 missile construction continues with an inventory objective of 425 missiles for 14 TRIDENT II/D5 SSBNs in two oceans.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/systems/d-5.htm (491 words)

	Printer-Friendly Version
		Though the command is billing the so-called “Conventional Strike Missile” as a quick-flying weapon available by 2013, some on Capitol Hill may be tempted to embrace such a weapon as an alternative to fielding a controversial Navy D-5 submarine-launched missile four years earlier.
		He said the missile may be based in the continental United States or abroad, and “may or may not” be considered an intercontinental ballistic missile under START Treaty counting rules.
		In defending the Pentagon decision to move ahead with the conventional Trident, some defense officials have suggested a conventional land-based alternative could be problematic because Russia or China may misinterpret a launch as a potential nuclear threat to their nations.
	www.military.com /Content/Printer_Friendly_Version/1,11491,,00.html?passfile=&page_url=/features/0,15240,93616,00.html&passdirectory_file=/newsfiles/93616.htm (1303 words)

	Projects \| Review - Issue 6
		Life extension [of the Trident programme] could offer cost savings by reducing the number of times a warhead is rebuilt within its required full-service life.
		As it shares the US Trident II D5 missile pool, Britain is completely dependent on the United States for its Trident ballistic missile procurement, testing and servicing.
		If it wishes to retain Trident, the UK Government therefore has little choice but to accept whatever developments the United States decides to pursue for the future of its Trident missile forces.
	npc.sarov.ru /english/digest/62002/appendix3p1.html (1995 words)

	False alarm, nuclear danger -- by Geoffrey Forden, Pavel Podvig and Theodore A. Postol
		Currently, Russia is totally blind to a Trident attack from the Atlantic and Pacific, and, for all practical purposes, it is equally blind to a Minuteman or MX attack from the continental United States.
		First, most of a missile's powered flight is seen projected against the fl background of space, where the infrared light given off by the hot gases in the missile's plume can be easily distinguished from the few astronomical objects in the background.
		Not only will the Tridents have vastly greater firepower, but they will be able to launch attacks through the existing Pacific hole in Russia's ground-based radar system, with the potential to destroy even the most highly protected missiles in the hardest of underground missile silos.
	www.armscontrol.ru /start/publications/spectrum-ews.htm (5073 words)

	SPACE.com -- Weekend Trident 2 Missile Test Conducted Near Cape Canaveral
		An unarmed Trident 2 missile is moved toward its launch pad for tests at Cape Canaveral.
		The Trident 2 is a three-stage, solid-fueled missile with a range of greater than 4,600 miles (7,404 kilometers) and ability to carry up to eight reentry vehicles armed with nuclear warheads.
		It is the sixth-generation of missiles developed by Lockheed Marting for the Navy -- a relationship that dates back to 1955 when the first version of the Polaris missile was ordered.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/trident_020318.html (485 words)

	SPACE.com -- Russia Launches Weather Satellite; U.S. Navy Tests Nuclear Missiles
		The dummy missile flight tests were the latest in an ongoing series of operational evaluation tests conducted by the U.S. Navy during the past four decades to monitor the safety, reliability, readiness and performance of the Trident 1 weapon system.
		The Trident 1 C4's are scheduled to be retired from strategic service in 2005 in favor of the more modern, accurate and supportable Trident 2 D5 missile system, which is currently deployed in the Atlantic fleet.
		The Trident 1 is a three-stage, solid fueled ballistic missile that is 34 feet long and 74 inches in diameter.
	www.space.com /missionlaunches/zenit_launch_011210.html (493 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Vengeance fires Trident missile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 60-tonne Trident II missile was launched during a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) on the United States Eastern Test Range near Florida.
		And the successful firing and targeting of the Trident II (D5) missile by Commanding Officer, Cdr Steve Upright and his crew showed that HMS Vengeance is able to meet them.
		The exercise off the USA gave HMS Vengeance her first opportunity to test fire a Trident D5 missile, and her achievement means that she is now fully operational.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0009/0000092601.asp (369 words)

	British American Security Information Council
		The White Paper says that decisions on Trident's replacement are not needed this Parliament, but are likely to be required in the next one and that a "range of options" is being kept open until that decision point.
		Trident and the future of the British Nuclear Deterrent by Tim Youngs and Claire Taylor, International Affairs and Defence Section, House of Commons Library, 5 July 2004.
		They concluded that ‘use of the Trident system would breach customary international law’ and that any ‘replacement of Trident is likely to constitute a breach of article VI of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’.
	www.basicint.org /nuclear/beyondtrident (6166 words)

	Trident II Missile Test Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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)

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