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Navy/USMC

Next-Gen SLBM Not Completely New, Trade Studies Start in 2020

Friday, November 9th, 2018

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Next-Gen SLBM Not Completely New, Trade Studies Start in 2020

Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

A top Navy official on Thursday said the next-generation submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) to be featured on the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will incorporate some elements of the current Trident D5 Life Extension (D5LE) weapon.Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe, director of Strategic Systems Programs (SSP), told the Naval Submarine League’s annual symposium on Thursday the follow-on missile is being dubbed the Trident D5LE2.The current Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines are armed with the D5LE and the Navy expects to eventually add the…

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