The U.S. Navy has effectively deployed its massive industrial and strategic arsenal to realize the most ambitious submarine ...

An unarmed Trident II D5 Life Extension missile launches from an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine off the coast of Florida during a planned test event from Sept. 17-21. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

America’s Trident D5 missiles represent a bedrock of America’s national defense—meaning that they must occasionally be tested. The Trident II D5 missile, officially designated the UGM-133A, was ...

Nuclear modernisation efforts aren’t undertaken lightly—necessity is typically the driver. The nuclear world is bifurcating. Along one fork sit those favouring the nuclear ban treaty—affronted by the ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has received an $88 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide Trident II D5 missile field processing and deployed system support. The Defense Department ...

The Trident II D5LE has an unclassified range of over 7,500 miles and can reach speeds of up to Mach 24. Last week, a Navy ballistic missile submarine tested the US military’s nuclear deterrence ...

The Navy is upgrading the security of submarines and nuclear weapons at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash., by building a $24 million Armored Fighting Vehicle Support Facility. Naval Facilities ...