Mexican liner finds US nuclear submarine launching Trident II ICBM
The Trident II intercontinental ballistic missile, launched from an Ohio-type American nuclear submarine, blinded the crew and passengers of a commercial Mexican liner that was traveling from Guadalajara to Tijuana and forcing the US submarine to launch an ICBM.
The training launch was carried out from the strategic submarine Nebraska, located near San Diego. The video of the night launch of Trident II appeared on the Web on 7 in October, but the media drew attention to it only now.
A U.S. Navy rocket sweeps through the night sky, the announcement says.
It is worth noting that the data on the cost of ICBMs vary significantly. According to open data, in 2012 the purchase price of Trident II exceeded 70 million dollars. Other sources claim that each of the 108 missiles delivered by the U.S. Navy in 2008-2012 years cost a budget of 139 million dollars.
It is noteworthy, but the American command does not confirm information about the training launches of Trident II ICBMs in the Pacific Ocean. Officially, the last successful launch of ICBMs was carried out more than 10 years ago, on 9 on June 2009 of the year. After, in 2016, there was an unsuccessful launch of the Trident II off the coast of Florida during the joint exercises of the British and American fleets Demonstration and Shakedown Operation from the side of the British submarine Vengeance.
Trident II is the only US sea-based ICBM, with the Trident's share exceeding 50% of all US nuclear warheads. Only TTX missiles are possessed only by Russia, France and China. P-29РМУ2 “Sineva”, “Mace-M”, M51.2 and Juylan-2, respectively.
The training launch was carried out from the strategic submarine Nebraska, located near San Diego. The video of the night launch of Trident II appeared on the Web on 7 in October, but the media drew attention to it only now.
A U.S. Navy rocket sweeps through the night sky, the announcement says.
It is worth noting that the data on the cost of ICBMs vary significantly. According to open data, in 2012 the purchase price of Trident II exceeded 70 million dollars. Other sources claim that each of the 108 missiles delivered by the U.S. Navy in 2008-2012 years cost a budget of 139 million dollars.
It is noteworthy, but the American command does not confirm information about the training launches of Trident II ICBMs in the Pacific Ocean. Officially, the last successful launch of ICBMs was carried out more than 10 years ago, on 9 on June 2009 of the year. After, in 2016, there was an unsuccessful launch of the Trident II off the coast of Florida during the joint exercises of the British and American fleets Demonstration and Shakedown Operation from the side of the British submarine Vengeance.
Trident II is the only US sea-based ICBM, with the Trident's share exceeding 50% of all US nuclear warheads. Only TTX missiles are possessed only by Russia, France and China. P-29РМУ2 “Sineva”, “Mace-M”, M51.2 and Juylan-2, respectively.
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