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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 

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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

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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 

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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

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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







Sources: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, various issues; Natural Resources Defense Council; Trident Resister's Handbook; Ground Zero archives