Moreover, in January 2025, the U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed a $383 million modification contract for the development of the next generation of the Trident II Strategic Weapons System (SWS) D5 missile.

The SSBN’s strategic weapon is the Trident II D5 missile, which provides increased range and accuracy over the now out-of-service Trident I C4 missile. SSBNs are specifically designed for ...

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin commented information in the media that government of the United Kingdom had hidden reports about failed launch of Trident II D5 missile ...

Each of the Ohio-class submarines carry 20 Trident II D5 missiles, each of which can deliver up to eight nuclear warheads to targets as far as 12,000 kilometers (7,500 miles) away. There were ...