10 Facts About Trident missile

Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles .

Originally developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation, the Trident missile is armed with thermonuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic Trident missile submarines .

The missile is named after the mythological trident of Neptune.

ULMS program outlined a long-term modernization plan, which proposed the development of a longer-range Trident missile termed ULMS II, which was to achieve twice the range of the existing Poseidon Trident missile.

Trident missile II had the objective of improved circular error probable, or accuracy, and was first deployed in 1990, and was planned to be in service for the thirty-year life of the submarines, until 2027.

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Minutes after launch, the Trident missile is outside the atmosphere and on a sub-orbital trajectory.

Second variant of the Trident missile is more sophisticated and can carry a heavier payload.

All three stages of the Trident II are made of graphite epoxy, making the missile much lighter.

The Trident II was the original missile on the British Vanguard-class and American Ohio-class SSBNs from Tennessee on.

The D5 Trident missile is currently carried by fourteen Ohio-class and four Vanguard-class SSBNs.