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Posted: 10/12/2005 2:08:55 AM EDT
Just a timely rememinder for budding Tyrants everywere
 \UK completes successful test launch of Trident Missile Published Tuesday 11th October 2005 The first of the UK's Trident submarines, HMS VANGUARD, part of the UK's nuclear deterrent, successfully launched an unarmed Trident II D5 ballistic missile during a naval exercise in the Atlantic Ocean on 10 October 2005. HMS VANGUARD has recently completed a period of routine maintenance. This test launch is the final part of trials prior to her return to operational service. Admiral Sir Alan West, the First Sea Lord, who was on HMS VANGUARD as an observer during the exercise, said: "I am pleased to report that HMS Vanguard's test firing has been a success. While this is very much business as usual for the Royal Navy, this firing demonstrates that the UK's nuclear deterrent remains highly effective and capable and that the boat's crew have met the stringent safety requirements for handling, maintaining and operating the system. "These are a highly complex series of operations and hard work for the ship's company and this is where they show their immense professionalism by achieving the task. "HMS Vanguard will shortly be ready to take over duty on operational deployment." HMS VANGUARD is the first of the Royal Navy's Trident class submarines to complete a Long Overhaul Period. Before returning to operational readiness, to guarantee the professional standards of her crew, she must complete a series of tests called the Demonstration and Shakedown Operations (DASO). This is a routine exercise, which culminates in the test firing of an unarmed Trident missile. The DASO ensures that the submarine crew are fully trained to meet the stringent safety and operational standards required. Royal Navy submarines have successfully maintained continuous At Sea Deterrence for the past 37 years. During this overhaul period the strategic deterrent is maintained by other submarines of the United Kingdom's Strategic Deterrent Force. This was the eighth occasion on which a Royal Navy submarine has test-fired a Trident II D5 missile, and the first for a Trident boat on completion of a Long Overhaul Period. The firing marks the final stage of the re-qualification of the submarine crew, and provides reliability and accuracy data which confirms the effectiveness of the strategic weapon system. The firing also demonstrates the absolute reliability of the United Kingdom's Nuclear Deterrent. www.mod.uk    
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Posted: 10/12/2005 2:49:50 AM EDT
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Anybody know the approximate launch site and impact areas?
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Posted: 10/12/2005 2:56:21 AM EDT
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SLMB Launch Area, Eastern Test Range off Cape Canaveral… impact point? a long way away!… Usually in the South Atlantic near Ascension Island. Andy |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 2:59:34 AM EDT
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Nice one Andy
Taffy |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 3:11:26 AM EDT
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My pleasure Taff… It's always nice to remind the rest of the world we are still one of the biggests dogs in the fight. British Trident Ballistic Missile submarines… HMS Vanguard, Vengence, Vigilant and Victorious. 16,000 tons and each armed 16 Trident D5 SLBM's with 3 100kt warheads per missile but can carry up to 12 per missile.  HMS Vanguard and her 'minder' set sail from Faslane |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 5:06:02 AM EDT
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I'm glad you guys are on our side! Good job!
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Posted: 10/12/2005 5:09:03 AM EDT
[#6]
Hey it looks like your sub has a tooma!
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Posted: 10/12/2005 5:49:07 AM EDT
[#7]
Outstanding !
A small island nation with World Power Class brass knuckles in its pocket. And they speak English. What more can one ask in an ally?  Dram out |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 6:10:44 AM EDT
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We can even do aerobatics with them too.....
 
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Posted: 10/12/2005 6:18:53 AM EDT
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Damn, looks like an airshow trick....now all I need to see is a Tornado swoop through the middle of that donut! 
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Posted: 10/12/2005 6:43:03 AM EDT
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I'd just like to note for the record that the 'cartwheel' launch was a US Navy one… ANdy |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 6:49:26 AM EDT
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Like there is any difference. Oh well as soon as your blokes get the data forwarded we can tell them how well the launch went... -Forest (who spends a good chunk of his time on the UK Trident program) |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 6:58:39 AM EDT
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True, all the missiles come from USN stocks, we just fit our own cans of 'instant sunshine'. The shot was perfect…  ANdy |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 7:02:44 AM EDT
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Technically not till we say so
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:05:49 AM EDT
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Gee we loan nukes to the UK, you wonder why they are our closest and most dependable ally.
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:21:47 AM EDT
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The US dosen't loan them the nukes - the UK provide the physics packages for the D5s the Royal Navy purchase from the US. However the lab I work at does all the flight data analysis for both the US and UK. |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:36:47 AM EDT
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Oh hell yes! The UK with a sneaky big stick! I can't think of a better country to have them. Thanks for the pics and the story.
Stealth the "PoWn3d" |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:43:38 AM EDT
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From the looks of this pic, you guys have to lower your sail before you fire your missile. We use nuclear power for all our subs.. |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:47:25 AM EDT
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That just about sums it up  Mark |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:50:21 AM EDT
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And development work has started on the follow on class of SSBN's to replace these ones… we intend to keep that 'big swinging dick'… ANdy |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:53:57 AM EDT
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Oh, whew! I was going to say...do you really want Lucas doing the electronics for them???
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Posted: 10/12/2005 9:57:11 AM EDT
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y'all know that once they shoot all them tridents off the guys in those kind of subs are fooked with all the blasting pressure from thems rockets it cracks the hull pretty badly so if they ever really do that . shoot off a full load the personell onboard better abandon sub or go down with it to DJs locker arggggh!
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Posted: 10/12/2005 10:01:55 AM EDT
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LOL @ the Lucas Electrics joke.
Seriously, we have no greater ally than England. I hope it stays that way for a long time. We stood together against the forces of evil 60 years ago, and we are still inseperable today. Cheers! |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 10:20:06 AM EDT
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Nothing quite like MRV'ed "Instant Sunshine".
 
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Posted: 10/12/2005 10:37:06 AM EDT
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Wow. You just won the official idiot award. Where do you get your info? Or do you just make shit up as you go? Chris |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 10:41:45 AM EDT
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God Bless the MIRV's!!! And the men that fire them!! All we need now are some targets, I have a few in mind.
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Posted: 10/12/2005 10:55:40 AM EDT
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Should have "test fired" it with live warheads to the place where the subway bombers came from.
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Posted: 10/12/2005 11:05:29 AM EDT
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Pffft... it's no Ohio Class boomer.
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Posted: 10/12/2005 11:30:29 AM EDT
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Heck the Ohio isn't a real Ohio class Boomer anymore, she's now an SSGN. |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 11:35:15 AM EDT
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OY !!
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Posted: 10/12/2005 11:40:06 AM EDT
[#30]
Yep, gas generators produce such a deadly effect on the hull!  ANdy |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 11:45:03 AM EDT
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Boooooomers
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Posted: 10/12/2005 11:53:08 AM EDT
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Tell me how the rocket engines (which ignite when the Missle is OUT of the water) are going to effect a submerged submarine? |
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Posted: 10/12/2005 12:08:59 PM EDT
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That's the TI (Test Instrumentation) Mast. Pretty much bolted on before they leave port for the launch, then removed after. I got to go on the Vengence when it was in Kings Bay, GA. I was in the on the pier when that sailor fell into the tube. 
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