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Trident II D-5 SLBM (UGM-133A)
Year deployed: 1995
Dimensions: 13.42 meters (length), 2.11 meters (diameter)
Weight: 59,090 kilograms
Propulsion: 3-stage solid-fuel
Range: 12,000 kilometers
Guidance: stellar-aided Inertial
Locations: 2 Vanguard-class Trident submarines
Number deployed: 32 missiles
Trident II D-5



WE177A/B gravity bomb
Year deployed: 1966
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: A variant - 272 kilograms, B variant - 431 kilograms
Number deployed: 100 weapons
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