Nuclear Modernization Plan Expands With Navy SLBM Replacement

unarmed Trident II is test-fired
An unarmed Trident II is test-fired by the USS Maine in February 2020. Since 1989, the Trident II D5 series has completed 184 successful launch tests.
Credit: Mass Communication Spc. 2nd Class Thomas Gooley/U.S. Navy
A fifth program has joined the four pillars of the U.S. military’s sweeping nuclear modernization program. Adding to a trillion-dollar list that already includes a new bomber, submarine, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and cruise missile, the U.S. Navy also has started working to field a...

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