One of the UK's Trident-carrying submarines is always on patrol Reports a test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed for the second time in a row has refocused ...

A Trident nuclear missile has failed its second test launch, crash-landing close to the submarine that had deployed it. Having taken place off the coast of Florida at the end of January ...

Most advanced' missile 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 ...

Each Vanguard-class submarine can hold up to 16 intercontinental ballistic missiles, but will only carry up to eight Trident rockets and up to 40 nuclear warheads. The V-class is due to be ...

What is Trident? Trident refers to the UK’s nuclear deterrent, which consists of four Vanguard-class nuclear submarines that first went on patrol in 1994, with one of the vessels continually at sea.

Reports a test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed for the second time in a row has refocused attention on the UK's nuclear capability. The current Vanguard nuclear ...