Is therea differnece between trident and nuclear weapons?

Question

Like is trident a nuclear weapon, but nuclear weapons aren't necessarily trident? or am i talking a load of rubbish

Answer 1

same thing, they both kill

Answer 2

Its unlikely, but nowadays you never know, be a silly move if they did scrap or greatly reduce it. What Britain's AND France's Nuclear Deterrent really does is keep the other side (who ever that may be) guessing, instead of em just having to factor in what the US's response would be to aggression (nuclear and none nuclear), they also have to take into account what Britain and France's response would be, not easy when both these two countries posses nuclear weapons. Take away these weapons and we would literally be forced to live in America's pocket at least with these weapons we have some independence and when spread over 20+ years they are cheap compared to other forms of defence. No matter how you look at it, if you want a credible insurance (defence) policy that gives you peace of mind, its going cost you, as they don't come cheap.

Answer 3

I believe a Trident is a specific type of Missile that is capable of being armed with a nuclear warhead - so it is a type of nuclear missile. While some tridents may be armed with nuclearwarheads, they dont have to be.

However, you can stick a nuclear warhead on just about anything.

currnetly, the U.S and Russian nuclear arsonels include Missiles, Bombs, and artillary shells.

Answer 4

Trident is a missile to deliver a nuclear warhead or warheads. Mainly a submarine based delivery system.

Answer 5

A Trident missile is a nuclear-tipped inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is launched from submarines. It is one type of nuclear weapon but by no means the only one. There are many other types of nuclear weapon, ranging from aircraft-launched cruise missiles, to battlefield missiles launched from specialised vehicles, to nuclear depth charges.

This link will let you look at general information on nuclear weapons systems:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Weapons

Answer 6

As far as I know trident are the nuclear weapons that we use, not sure but i think that is just the name for them.

Answer 7

Yes, trident is a type of chewing gum. While a nuclear weapon will clean bacteria from your teeth, it will not leave you with nice breath.

Answer 8

"The Trident missile, named after the trident, is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from SSBNs, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Trident missiles are carried by fourteen active US Navy Ohio class submarines and, with British warheads, four Royal Navy Vanguard class submarines."

It's just what they named the missile, as they did with other missiles such as "sidewinder", "Patriot" etc etc.

Answer 9

trident is one type of nuke that has multiple warheads each capable of reaching a different city or facility. launched from a sub

Answer 10

Trident is a nuclear weapons... a type like polaris...

Answer 11

I killed a guy with a trident.