The system includes four nuclear-powered Vanguard-class submarines, missiles and warheads. Each submarine is designed to carry 16 Trident missiles, capable of delivering multiple warheads - but in ...

Mr Shapps said he has "absolute confidence" in Trident's submarines, missiles and nuclear warheads. This is highly embarrassing for both the UK and the US manufacturer of the Trident missile.

The US Navy is set to replace its aging Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) with the advanced Columbia-class ...

Though this kind of testing is not new in concept, the British government says it has been expanding and improving its capabilities specifically to support work on its next-generation warhead. When ...

This is the second time in recent years that a test firing of a Trident warhead has failed after a 2016 attempt saw the missile veer off course and self-destruct. The Ministry of Defence (MoD ...

The US Department of Defense has allocated $2.1 billion for the production of Trident II D5 ballistic missiles and new ...

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 ...

Trident missiles are a core part of the UK's nuclear deterrent system, which also includes four Vanguard-class submarines carrying nuclear warheads. Some 16 Trident II D5 missiles can be carried ...

One is the Trident II ballistic missile, which gets launched from a submarine and can carry up to a dozen nuclear warheads. Another option is the Minuteman III ICBM, which is silo-launched and can ...

North Korea successfully tested a new ballistic missile capable of carrying a "super-large conventional warhead," Pyongyang's state media reported on Thursday. State-controlled KCNA news agency ...