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Trident Missile

Submarine-launched ballistic missile family for strategic nuclear deterrence, with C4 and D5 versions.

Also searchable as Trident, Trident Missiles.

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  1. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:03:36Deferred nuclear investment and the defence budgetQ&A
  2. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:25Trident, launch authority, and shared nuclear infrastructureNotable Point
  3. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:26:45British Trident firings test the submarine with old missilesNotable Point
  4. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    2:34:08Trident missile continuity and shared supportQ&A
  5. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:09Supplier dependence in Trident replacement discussionsQ&A
  6. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    1:58:01Dreadnought-class missile tubes and deterrent payloadQ&A
  7. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    2:07:00Shared Trident missiles and British warhead developmentNotable Point
  8. Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)
    2:08:03Interpreting Trident missile test failuresNotable Point
  9. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    1:34:11Could Britain have built its own submarine-launched missile?Q&A
  10. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:05:10From M45 to M51 in a British deterrentQ&A
  11. Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?
    53:34Trident replacement and a wider proliferation riskChapter
  12. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:55Why the Trident yield question goes unansweredQ&A
  13. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:59:26Why Columbia-class missile-tube counts come in modulesQ&A
  14. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    36:15Trident succession and British strategic autonomyQ&A
  15. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:26:08How ballistic-missile submarines retain targeting independenceQ&A
  16. Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview
    2:40:00How independent is Britain's Trident deterrent?Q&A
  17. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:13:20What a failed Trident test can still proveQ&A
  18. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    16:31Why Trident cannot simply become an RAF missionNotable Point
  19. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    17:21Why aging missiles can be selected for test launchesNotable Point
  20. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:33:25Testing Trident claims against British deterrent optionsQ&A
  21. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    1:23:56British Trident warheads, missiles, and decoysQ&A
  22. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    1:10:11Where Trident could move after Scottish independenceQ&A
  23. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    12:37Why a continuous Trident patrol changes the deterrentQ&A
  24. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:48:54The problem with a pierside SSBN alertQ&A
  25. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    42:09Warhead transition and stockpile logisticsQ&A
  26. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World
    23:48Modern quality versus shrinking replacement ratesNotable Point
  27. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    2:19Could the defence budget afford improvements and Trident?Q&A
  28. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:40:55Britain operates Trident, not PolarisQ&A
  29. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:41:21Why continuous deterrence requires four submarinesNotable Point