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A UGM-96 Trident I clears the water after launch from a US Navy submarine in 1984. A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead and allows a single ...
RSM-56 Bulava. The R-30 Bulava (Russian: Булава, lit. "mace", NATO reporting names SS-N-30 / SS-NX-32, [11] GRAU index 3M30, 3K30; bilateral arms control designation RSM-56) is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) developed for the Russian Navy and deployed in 2019 on the new Borei class of ballistic missile nuclear submarines.
The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). As the United States Navy 's first SLBM, it served from 1961 to 1980. In the mid-1950s the Navy was involved in the Jupiter missile project with the U.S. Army, and had influenced the design by making it squat so it would fit in ...
Ballistic missile submarines have a single strategic mission of carrying nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Attack submarines have several tactical missions, including sinking ships and subs, launching cruise missiles, and gathering intelligence. Cruise missile submarines perform many of the same missions as attack submarines, but ...
Hyunmoo-1. A Hyunmoo-1 being pulled by a Kia KM500 truck during the 65th Anniversary of ROK Armed Forces in Seoul. Hyunmoo-1 is the first domestically-produced ballistic missile used by the South Korean Army. It was developed by the South Korean national Agency for Defense Development, and is based on the American 1960s Nike Hercules missile ...
The first sea-based missile deterrent forces were a small number of conventionally powered cruise missile submarines and surface ships fielded by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s, deploying the Regulus I missile and the Soviet P-5 Pyatyorka (also known by its NATO reporting name SS-N-3 Shaddock), both land attack cruise missiles that could be launched from surfaced submarines.
The system in question contained 4 revolving drums of 48 tubes for 5V55RM missiles. A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines. Each vertical launch system consists of a number of cells, which can hold one or more missiles ready for firing.
Arihant. -class submarine. The Arihant-class (transl. 'Slayer of Enemies' in Sanskrit) is a class of Indian nuclear ballistic missile submarines under construction for the Indian Navy. They were developed under the ₹ 900 billion (US$11 billion) Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) project to design and build nuclear-powered submarines. [3]