Get a daily digest of the latest news in tech, science, and technology, delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe now.Launched Ballistic Missile , a nuclear deterrent warhead used by both the United States of America and the United Kingdom.Demonstration and Shakedown Operation 32 event, and following the successful exercise, the D5 SLBM test record now stands at 191 effective launches with no motor failures.
The US Ohio class and the UK Vanguard-class submarines presently carry the three-stage Trident II D5/D5LE SLBM, which the US Columbia class and the UK Dreadnought-class submarines will also take. Trident II is capable of carrying up to eight Mk-5 RVs with 475-kt W88 warheads, fourteen Mk-4A RVs with 90-kt W76-1 warheads, and fourteen Mk-4A RVs with 5-7-kt W76-2 warheads when used in US service. The range of the SLBM stands at 4,600 miles .