2024年2月21日 · The Trident nuclear-weapons system is part of Britain's nuclear deterrent. The logic is if the UK were under nuclear attack, it could launch a retaliatory strike on the aggressor, a concept known ...

2024年2月21日 · A British nuclear missile test launch failed at a test site off the coast of Florida, marking the second time in eight years that the country’s Trident 2 ballistic missiles have malfunctioned ...

2024年2月21日 · The UK's nuclear deterrent failed to fire a test missile reportedly landing close to the launch site. ... This is highly embarrassing for both the UK and the US manufacturer of the Trident missile.

The 30 January 2024 failure of a sea-launch test from HMS Vanguard of the United Kingdom’s nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic-missile (SLBM) system, the Trident II D-5, grabbed headlines. As the second successive failure – following one in 2016 from HMS Vengeance – the test raised questions around the reliability of the UK’s continuous at sea deterrent.

2024年2月21日 · BELFAST — A British Trident II D5 unarmed nuclear missile that fell into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after failing to launch properly from a Royal Navy submarine suffered “an anomaly ...

The UK Trident programme was announced in July 1980 and patrols began in December 1994. Trident replaced the submarine-based Polaris ... which the UK may launch independently, [67] but this would only occur if "supreme national interests" required it. [66] The final decision on firing the missiles is the responsibility of the prime minister ...

2024年2月21日 · An unarmed Trident missile splashed into the sea close to its launch site, the U.K. government confirmed on Wednesday, fueling scrutiny of the state of Britain’s nuclear deterrent.

2024年2月21日 · A Trident II D5 missile breaks the surface of the water having been fired from HMS Vanguard, a British strategic missile submarine. More recent tests didn't go so well. (British Defence Ministry)

2024年2月21日 · The UK has tested Trident twice in the real world, each time it has failed! Launch two missiles on Birmingham.Then tell the French – whose missiles work — that we are only is a warning… and the UK that London is next if they don’t surrender…”

2024年2月21日 · There appear to have been 5 failed underwater launches of Trident missiles, including the UK launches in 2016 and 2024. Another two launches failed during the 18 missile tests on land, prior to underwater testing. A 19th missile launch on land was destroyed due to an error, and is not counted by the US Navy as a ‘test’. Thanks to William ...