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A nuclear Trident missile estimated to have firepower rivalling Hiroshima misfired and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.

In what is the second flop for Britain after the last trial launch in 2016 failed, the test was carried out from the HMS Vanguard off the coast of Florida.

The 60-tonne dud missile’s boosters failed as it was propelled from the Royal Navy submarine before ‘plopping’ into the sea just near the sub.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed Tuesday night that an ‘anomaly’ occurred during a routine drill of the Trident II missile on January 30.

Adding to the embarrassment, First Sea Lord iral Sir Ben Key and defence secretary Grant Shapps were onboard the 150-metre vessel to witness the test.

Defence officials stressed, however, that Britain’s nuclear deterrent remains ‘safe, secure and effective’.

The submarine crew fired off the Trident II missile, which was packed with dummy warheads, into the air using compressed gas in the test tubes.

However according to The Sun, which first reported the story, the weapon’s first-stage boosters did not ignite and ended up in the seabed off Port Canaveral.

‘It left the submarine but it just went plop, right next to them,’ a source told the tabloid.

It’s understood that if the same exercise was carried out for a real mission, it would have been successful.

Ministers are expected to make a statement on the incident to the House of Commons today, according to Wednesday’s order paper.

The Defence Secretary will want to reassure Parliament that this test has no impact on the effectiveness of the UK’s deterrent operations.’

The HMS Vanguard is one of four of the so-called Vanguard-class nuclear submarines that have been patrolling the seas since 1994.

Britain has launched a dozen Trident II missiles. But in 2016, one missile fired from HMS Vengeance veered off course due to a problem with the ‘data acquisition system’ and automatically self-destructed.


What is a Trident missile?
A Trident missile is a strategic nuclear weapon launched out of a submarine – it’s effectively the UK’s last resort against enemy attacks.

Towering at 44 feet and weighing 58,500kg, each ballistic missile can strike targets up to 4,000 miles away (accurate to within 90 metres) as they rip through the air at about 13,000 miles an hour.

They cost nearly £17,000,000 to make.

The standard model used since the 1990s, the Trident II D5, will likely be the go-to nuclear warhead for US and British navies for the next decade.

Who makes Trident missiles?
Lockheed Martin is the major American defence contractor that makes the missiles.

How powerful is a Trident missile?
A Trident submarine carries enough nuclear firepower that it could cause more than 10,000,000 civilian casualties, packed with about 40 nuclear warheads rammed into eight missiles.

That’s a lot of firepower, according to experts. One sub’s worth of nuclear arms alone is greater than the explosive power of bombs dropped in World War II – including the two atomic bombs that shattered Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.

To give you an idea, there are about 100,000 tonnes (100 kilotonnes or 100kt) of TNT in a single Trident nuclear warhead.

The nuclear bomb that devastated Hiroshima had 15kt – by modern-day standards, that’s considered a ‘low-yield’ weapon.

According to NukeMap, if a 100kT Trident missile landed right on the Houses of Parliament, everything within a 1,390 foot radius would be vaporised. Most of Westminster would be flooded with cancer-inducing radiation.

Central London would be flattened by the miles-wide ‘moderate’ blast. ‘Injuries are universal, fatalities are widespread’, the website says.

The effects of the blast would stretch roughly nearly six miles outwards, shattering windows in areas as far out as Tooting, Lewisham and Hackney.

Who tests Trident missiles?
For the most part, the US Navy carries out any practice launches of the weapons.

Approximately 191 test runs have been successful since design completion in 1989, according to Lockheed Martin in September, making it ‘the most reliable test record for a large ballistic missile’.

Britain only conducts practice missile launches every three to five years due to – you guessed it money worries.

Both countries on either side of the Atlantic have two good reasons to test a missile already well-known for doing its job well: to double-check that the submarine can fire it and remind potential foes that they have nuclear arms to hand.

Have launches failed in the past like this one?
Not really. One expert told the BBC in 2017 that there have been fewer than 10 failures in the weapon’s history – at least those that have been made public.

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UK military of today is so weak, it is hard to believe that this same great British was once an empire.

They can't even fight any major war on their own without US

H

Weak ass mofos that were the first to run away from Afghanistan.

Wahala!

See as money dey waste.

Tomorrow you'll hear of hurricane, tornadoes and ocean crossing its bank.

Na these activities dey cause am

When dey pollute the water with chemicals and nuclear waste, they'll come back 50yrs later to start talking about Global Climate change.
They're polluting the global waterbodies now, no one is saying anything.

Person no fit see Tuna fish chop again...na wetin cause am be this.

@Na only to colonize dem sabi.

I really want to see US and Russia war. E go make sense lala [color=#000099][/color]

A gay detonated it......😂 LGBTs will fight the next war...Will be funny as hell...imagine Bobrisky throwing hand grenade..

Fineman2:
UK military of today is so weak, it is hard to believe that this same great British was once an empire.

They can't even fight any major war on their own without US

What did u expect....when the men are more interested in LGBTA and feminism

Those who reject their maker are destined to perish.

The questions here are:

Why is everyone testing missiles?

Is world war three imminent?

When is Nigeria going to test something?

when UK or US does it, it is a mere testing.
but when others try it raises tension

Missile was a dummy

Peace is all we want in our world 🌎 and peace we shall have.

Wahala

post=128570932:
MANNABBQGRILL: Peace is all we want in our world 🌎 and peace we shall have.

See who is talking, you wanted peace and you did buhari for 8 years and BAT for another year, you are here shouting peace.

Let them invite that short man from North Korea. Mr Kim.

That man is a pro, when it comes to missile testing.

Uk dey learn work were short man devil Kim dey

But they will criticize Iran if they plan to do same testing.

They should use Nigeria as the battle field

AuwalYusuf812:
I really want to see US and Russia war. E go make sense lala [color=#000099][/color]

Beverlyjean:


What did u expect....when the men are more interested in LGBTA and feminism

Fighting world war 1 and 2 is what weakened the UK army and also the french , German and many other European armies

Especially world war 2.. millions of men died in that war. That had a long term impact.

Also, no more empires to maintain. UK had a large army when it had a mighty empire. Since the 1960s,that empire has been dismantled. It would be a waste of kudi to keep up the army.

These people say want war by all means

If this was Russia, they no go let us hear word

Overrated modafuckers that depends on US

so NATO can create and use weapons of mass destruction, but other people cant??

D same USA is the only country to ever use nuclear weapons on another human civilisation yet the so called "world police" are not the once whom decides those that should have N.weapons and those that shouldn't

BTW UK ARE A HUGE JOKE

UK is done. Otilo

Ok

Abeg Nigerians should help out o! Hunger wan finish us for Oyo state we need help. Any kind of food will be accepted help help help, our manhood don fall yskata

MANNABBQGRILLSpost=128570932:
Peace is all we want in our world 🌎 and peace we shall have.

Do you have peace in Nigeria?

Shame

With the myriad of problems facing the world, countries are more interested in the arms race.

Meanwhile:

The word of God is spirit and life that gives the same, meaning, each time you read the word of God properly, the Spirit and life of God enters into you (John.6.63 - It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life).

Going through the word of God shouldn't be like reading a novel or any other book. It must be done with all seriousness and openness of heart (free your heart from sadness, pain and sinful thoughts).

Prepare yourself to receive from God and learn. Get a pen to take down notes. Pray before you begin. Read it slowly and attentively.

After reading it in that manner, Try and go over what you just read by heart and commit it to memory.

To be transparent and without intending to upset anyone who may hold a different viewpoint, while considering this from a unique angle and speaking purely from my personal perspective, modestly speaking, I find myself with nothing to contribute.