When the Cold War ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union, it greatly reduced the threat of global nuclear war.

The British navy suffered an embarrassing flop after a failed test launch of a Trident nuclear missile was revealed. The Sun newspaper, which first reported the failure, quoted an unnamed source ...

Here’s What You Want to Know: The Navy is working with Lockheed on a number of key technical upgrades to both modernize and sustain the nuclear weapon. This has ...

The test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine has failed, for the second time in a row. The latest test of the UK's nuclear deterrent was from HMS Vanguard and was seen by ...

The Pentagon and Department of Energy have completed production and development of a new low-yield nuclear warhead for the Trident II D5 nuclear-armed ballistic missile ...

Mr. President, the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile is unnecessary, costly, and makes the job of rebuilding our military ...

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 ...

Fears of an accidental nuclear weapons launch have re-emerged after the test firing of a Trident missile from a Royal Navy submarine failed for the second time in a row. The failure came days ...

A submarine's weaponry can vary from torpedoes to Trident Ballistic Missiles depending upon the type of submarine. Trident Missiles were developed as deterrent measures to a nuclear attack.