U.S. Navy Starts Design Work On New Nuclear Missile

Trident

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Lockheed Martin will begin designing a new version of the Trident IID5 Life Extension (LE) missile under a $383 million U.S. Navy contract announced on Jan. 31. The Trident IID5LE2 is expected to enter service in the 2030s on Columbia-class and future Royal Navy submarines as a virtually new long...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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