Brighton Peace and Environment Centre
What is Trident?
Trident is the UK's nuclear weapons system. Developed by the US during the Cold War, it commenced in 1994 with a 30 year lifespan. The UK stockpiles around 200 operational nuclear warheads. These launch from US Trident missiles on four submarines. Each warhead has around eight times the explosive power of the Hiroshima bomb which killed over 200, 000 people.
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