Trident
Facts
Number of Trident submarines
in U.S. fleet = 18
Number of Trident
missiles per Trident sub = 24
Number of nuclear
warheads per Trident missile = 8
Total number of warheads
currently deployed on U.S. Trident fleet = 3,456
MMMM
Percentage of total U.S.
nuclear warheads deployed on Trident fleet = 48%
Number of kilotons
on one Trident W76 warhead = 100
Number of kilotons
on one Trident W88 warhead = 475
Number of W88 warheads
deployed on Trident fleet = 384
Total number of kilotons
deployed on Trident fleet = 489,600
Number of kilotons
on atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima = 14
MMMM
Number of people killed
by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima = 150,000
Number of "Hiroshimas"
each Trident is capable of destroying = 1,000 minimum;
6,080 maximum
MMMM
Number of nuclear warheads
deployed by the U.S. = 7,206
Number of warheads
deployed by Russia = 6,240
Total nuclear warhead
deployment of England, France, and China = 1,110
Number of nuclear
warheads based in Kitsap County, Washington = 1,696
MMMM
Number of submarine-launched
nuclear warheads allowed under the START II treaty = 1,728
Number of Trident
missiles "needed" to deploy 1,728 warheads allowable under
START II = 216
Number of Trident
missiles currently deployed = 432
Number of missiles
that could be cut from Trident fleet to meet START II
limits = 216
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Price of one Trident
II D-5 missile = $60,000,000
Number of new Trident
II D-5 missiles the Navy wants = 91
Number of Trident
submarines needed to reach START II warhead deployment
limits = 9
Number of Trident
submarines the Navy wants to deploy indefinitely = 14
Price to operate
one Trident submarine for one year = $77,000,000
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Service life of each
Trident submarine = 42 years
Total cost of the
entire Trident program through year 2032 =
GRAND TOTAL: $170,200,000,000