The following is the Feb. 12, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile ...

D5 missile to create an upgraded Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) submarine-launched ballistic missile, which will supplement and gradually replace the current stock of Tridents through ...

The United States operates 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). The USS Ohio is the largest submarine the U.S. has ever built, and is capable ...

Artist rendering of Trident II D5 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile. Photo credit ... called the Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2). The integrated, modernized missile will be carried ...

The Trident II D5 Life Extension 2 (D5LE2) will be carried by the US Navy’s Columbia-class submarines through to 2084.

The United States spends vastly more on its military than any of its enemies, but that has not made us secure from the most destructive weapons on the planet: nuclear-armed ballistic missiles. In fact ...

TITUSVILLE, Fla., Jan. 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a $383 million cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to the existing Lockheed ...

Under this contract modification, Lockheed Martin will design the upgraded missile, called the Trident II D5 ... components for the D5LE2 submarine-launched ballistic missile.