TRIDENT BRITAIN'S WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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Contents
1. Deterrence and the risk of nuclear war
1.1 Deterrence
1.2 Risk of nuclear war
2. Status of Trident
2.1 Trident submarines, missiles and warheads
2.2 Comparison with nuclear submarine force levels
during the Cold War
3. Targeting of British nuclear weapons
3.1 Targeting a large number of cities
3.2 Moscow criterion
3.3 Strategic targeting of Trident today
3.4 Alert status
4. Effect of the use of Trident against
the Moscow area
4.1 Effect of an attack on 16 command bunkers using
48 warheads
4.2 Effect of one of these warheads
5. Other examples of the effect of Trident
5.1 Effect of an attack on Russian Northern Fleet bases
with 1 missile / 4 warheads
5.2 Sub-strategic Trident
5.3 British nuclear weapons and NATO
5.4 Effect of an attack using 3 submarines and 144
Trident warheads
Illustrations
Map 1 - Effect of an attack on 16 bunkers in
and around Moscow using 48 Trident warheads - 3 warheads groundburst against
each bunker. (GIF 68 kb colour)
Map 2 - Effect of one Trident warhead exploding
at the Defence Ministry in Moscow - groundburst. (GIF 75 kb colour)
Map 3 - Effect of an attack with one Trident
missile against Russian submarine bases - with 4 nuclear warheads airburst
(GIF 44 kb)
Chart 1 - Graph showing total number of
warheads deployed on submarines based at Faslane (GIF 4 kb)
Chart 2 - Drawing showing the immediate
effects and fallout from the detonation of one Trident warhead at the
Defence Ministry in Moscow (GIF 6 kb)
Chart 3 - Graph showing the immediate
effects of one 100 kiloton nuclear warhead - groundburst (GIF 9 kb)
Chart 4 - Graph
showing the fallout from one 100 kiloton nuclear warhead - groundburst
(GIF 9kb)