Britain’s Trident nuclear missiles are the backbone of its nuclear force. The problem? Britain doesn’t even own the ...

TASS/. On May 7, North Korea tested the same type of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) as last October, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told reporters on Tuesday. "We assume ...

North Korea has publicly unveiled the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine, a weapons system that could pose a serious ...

In contrast to previous submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) initiatives, the D5LE2 program faces challenges due to a less robust defense industrial base. The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review ...

The South Korean military remains on high alert against a possible North Korean nuclear test, with the Ministry of National ...

The other 2018 NPR-recommended system was a low-yield version of the W76 nuclear warhead (known as the W76-2) for the Trident D5 long-range submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). The 2018 ...

A U.S. Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile. Ballistic missiles are one leg of the American nuclear triad, which also includes submarine-launched missiles and air-dropped bombs.

North Korea's unveiling of its first nuclear-powered submarine marks a bold leap in its military ambitions, but skepticism ...

The new Columbia class SSBNs will be about the same length of the 15,500 ton Ohios but about 5 percent larger in diameter and displace 18,500 tons on the surface. The Ohios were based on 1980s ...

introducing a MIRVed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in 1970 and a MIRVed Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) in 1971. The Soviet Union by the late 1970s developed its MIRV ...

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on Wednesday morning that it appeared North Korea had test fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile. It said the SLBM flew about 450 kilometers ...

“One of the submarines North Korea is building can carry a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM),” Ha Tae-keung, an opposition party lawmaker on parliament’s intelligence ...