Trident nuclear missile system
E44152
The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T348168 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Trident nuclear missile system Context triple: [British Armed Forces, usesEquipment, Trident nuclear missile system]
-
A.
Tomahawk cruise missile
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a long-range, precision-guided, subsonic missile widely used by the U.S. and allied navies for land-attack missions.
-
B.
Patriot missile system
The Patriot missile system is a long-range, all-altitude, air-defense system designed to detect, track, and intercept incoming aircraft, missiles, and drones, widely used by the U.S. and allied militaries.
-
C.
Scud missiles
Scud missiles are Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missiles that gained widespread notoriety for their use by Iraq to attack coalition and civilian targets during the Gulf War.
-
D.
Storm Shadow cruise missile
The Storm Shadow cruise missile is a long-range, air-launched, precision strike weapon designed to destroy high-value, heavily defended targets with a stealthy, low-observable flight profile.
-
E.
Brimstone missile
The Brimstone missile is a British air-launched, precision-guided anti-armor and multi-role strike weapon designed for high accuracy against moving and static targets with minimal collateral damage.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Trident nuclear missile system Target entity description: The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
-
A.
Tomahawk cruise missile
The Tomahawk cruise missile is a long-range, precision-guided, subsonic missile widely used by the U.S. and allied navies for land-attack missions.
-
B.
Patriot missile system
The Patriot missile system is a long-range, all-altitude, air-defense system designed to detect, track, and intercept incoming aircraft, missiles, and drones, widely used by the U.S. and allied militaries.
-
C.
Scud missiles
Scud missiles are Soviet-designed short-range ballistic missiles that gained widespread notoriety for their use by Iraq to attack coalition and civilian targets during the Gulf War.
-
D.
Storm Shadow cruise missile
The Storm Shadow cruise missile is a long-range, air-launched, precision strike weapon designed to destroy high-value, heavily defended targets with a stealthy, low-observable flight profile.
-
E.
Brimstone missile
The Brimstone missile is a British air-launched, precision-guided anti-armor and multi-role strike weapon designed for high accuracy against moving and static targets with minimal collateral damage.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nuclear weapons system
ⓘ
submarine-launched ballistic missile system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Trident ⓘ |
| armsControlContext | subject to US-UK nuclear cooperation agreements ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Trident II D5 missile
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Navy Trident II D5 system
|
| basingMode | sea-based ⓘ |
| component | Trident II D5 missile ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deliveryPlatform |
HMS Vanguard
ⓘ
HMS Vengeance ⓘ HMS Vanguard ⓘ
surface form:
HMS Victorious
HMS Vigilant ⓘ |
| deploymentMethod | submarine-launched ⓘ |
| deterrencePosture | continuous at-sea deterrent ⓘ |
| enteredService | 1994 ⓘ |
| geopoliticalSignificance | central element of UK nuclear policy ⓘ |
| governingDocument |
Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy 2021
ⓘ
United Kingdom defence policy ⓘ
surface form:
UK Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010
UK Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem |
inertial guidance
ⓘ
stellar-inertial guidance ⓘ |
| homePort |
Faslane
ⓘ
HMNB Clyde ⓘ |
| launchCapability | multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles ⓘ |
| launchPlatformType | nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine ⓘ |
| missileLeasingArrangement | pooling system at U.S. Navy base Kings Bay ⓘ |
| missileOwnership |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| missileType | submarine-launched ballistic missile ⓘ |
| nuclearPosture | continuous at least one submarine on patrol ⓘ |
| numberOfOperationalSubmarines | 4 ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| patrolPattern | continuous deterrent patrols ⓘ |
| platform | Vanguard-class submarine ⓘ |
| policyContext | UK minimum credible deterrent ⓘ |
| procurementPartner |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| propulsion | three-stage solid-fuel rocket ⓘ |
| range | over 7000 kilometres ⓘ |
| replaced | Polaris missile system ⓘ |
| role |
second-strike capability
ⓘ
strategic nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| strategicCommandAuthority |
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
ⓘ
surface form:
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
|
| strategicRole |
deterrence against major threats to UK vital interests
ⓘ
deterrence against nuclear attack ⓘ |
| successorProgram |
Dreadnought-class submarine
ⓘ
surface form:
Dreadnought-class submarine program
UK Trident replacement program ⓘ |
| warheadDesignOrigin |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| warheadOwnership | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| warheadType | thermonuclear warhead ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Trident nuclear missile system Description of subject: The Trident nuclear missile system is the United Kingdom’s submarine-launched ballistic missile-based nuclear deterrent, carried by its Vanguard-class submarines as the core of its strategic defense.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.