Royal Navy Test Launches Trident II Nuclear SLBM The Royal Navy Vanguard class SSBN, HMS Vigilant, successfully test launches a UGM-133 Trident II Nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile. The Vanguard class has a capacity to carry up to 16 Trident II SLBMs. UK Trident II's are Equipped with UK-produced warheads, designed and manufactured by Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Aldermaston and Burghfield, UK. | The British Falkland Islands & British Military

WATCH: Royal Navy submarine fires Trident II Nuclear ☢️ Missile 🇬🇧🏴‍☠️🇬🇧 HMS Vigilant is one of four Vanguard Class submarines that maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent and this firing, the first in three years, confirms the credibility of the deterrent. The Vanguard submarines will be replaced from 2028 by the Successor which is currently being designed by British companies. The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry