Ripple Launch of Four Trident Missiles

[longknife]

by xbradtc | May 4, 2013 @ Ripple Launch of Four Trident Missiles | Bring the heat, Bring the Stupid

Not something you see very often.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4TPHQ2GFxMw]Declassified Trident Nuclear Film - V2466 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[SteadyMercury]

post-START those carry 4 W-88 wareheads apiece, so that launch could deliver approx 475 kt yield to 16 individual targets, each 30 x more powerful than what was dropped on Hiroshima.

Interesting = for awhile the US threw around ideas for using these for conventional strikes as well, with the warhead being tungsten rods that would obliterate a large area using GPS guidance, but since the launch/flight signature would be identical to a nuclear first strike it never floated past the drawing board.

 

[Oldguy]

Hmmmmm. That looks suspiciously like this one from a couple of years ago:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ5pnAFducY]Mystery Rocket Launch Caught On Camera Off California Coast - Expert Interviewed - YouTube[/ame]

Airplane my ass.