The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin two contracts worth up to a combined $3.2 billion for work on the Trident II D5 missile -- the submarine-launched ballistic missile used by both the United States ...

Each Columbia will carry 16 Trident II D5 missiles, each capable of delivering up to 12 Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicles (MIRVs). Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s ...

These stealthy subs, designed for extended underwater missions, carry Trident II D5 ballistic missiles, each equipped with multiple nuclear warheads. -While the Vanguard-class represents top-tier ...

To identify the most powerful weapons in the U.S. military, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed various military and historical sources.

These four boats—USS Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia—currently provide nearly half of the Navy’s vertical launch payload ... had their 24 missile tubes that held Trident Submarine ...

Submarines have changed both naval warfare and global politics. Here are some of the most important submarines that ever ...

A close sister to SSBNs are SSGNs, which have guided missiles instead of ballistic ones. They're the exact same Ohio-class design, albeit repurposed. They carry a payload of up to 154 Tomahawk ...

Postol says that the installation of a relatively new “superfuse” on all U.S. strategic ballistic missiles more than doubles the capability of Trident II D-5 submarine-launched ballistic missiles ...