July 27/August 9, 2007
wevigilo July 18th, 2007
DID YOU KNOW LOCKHEED MARTIN BUILT TRIDENT MISSILES WHICH CAN INSTANTLY DELIVER EXPLOSIVE POWER EQUAL TO 19,200 HIROSHIMA BOMBS? [or 13,440 NAGASAKI BOMBS]
Lockheed Martin is the program manager in charge of producing and maintaining Trident D5 missiles.
Trident D5 missiles are deployed on 14 Trident submarines which conceivably, in an emergency, could launch their missiles even while the submarines are in port.
There are 24 missiles on each submarine which means 336 missiles are deployed.
[24 missiles/submarine x 14 submarines = 336 missiles.]
Each missile can carry 8 warheads which means 2,688 nuclear bombs deployed.
[8 warheads/missile x 336 missiles = 2,688 warheads.]
Each nuclear bomb has an explosive power equal to at least 100,000 tons (100 kilotons) of conventional explosives. (Some missiles carry 475-kiloton bombs.) That means at least 268,800 kilotons of explosive power are deployed on Trident submarines.
[100 kilotons/warhead x 2,688 warheads = 268,800 kilotons.]
The Hiroshima bomb is estimated to have been 14 kilotons. Hence, the explosive power deployed on Trident submarines equals 19,200 Hiroshima bombs.
[268,800 ÷ 14 = 19,200.]
The Nagasaki bomb is estimated to have been 20 kilotons. Hence, the explosive power deployed on Trident submarines equals 13,440 Nagasaki bombs.
[268,800 ÷ 20 = 13,440.]