Trident: Does the Nuclear Deterrent Work?
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Nuclear Weapons - What Is Trident?
The UK has one nuclear weapon system. We call it trident, but really it's a three or four part system. It consists of four nuclear powered, nuclear armed submarines that are equipped with the trident missile. And then wev got the war heads that are mounted on those missiles that are designed and built in the united kingdom,. But are based on whell very closely resemble a particular war head of american design which is deployed by the U.S.
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