Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

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The Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines are the United Kingdom’s next-generation Trident-armed deterrent vessels designed to replace the Vanguard class and maintain the country’s continuous at-sea nuclear deterrence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballistic missile submarine class ⓘ
nuclear-powered submarine class ⓘ
armament Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile ⓘ
beam approximately 12.8 metres ⓘ
builder BAE Systems Submarines ⓘ
capability continuous at-sea deterrent ⓘ
classification SSBN ⓘ
constructionSite Barrow-in-Furness ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
crewComplement around 130 ⓘ
designAuthority BAE Systems Submarines ⓘ
designBegan 2011 ⓘ
designFeature X-form stern ⓘ
enhanced stealth characteristics ⓘ
improved habitability for crew ⓘ
displacementSubmerged approximately 17000 tonnes ⓘ
firstSteelCut 2016 ⓘ
fundingApprovedBy UK Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
fundingMainGateApproval 2016 ⓘ
homePortPlanned HMNB Clyde ⓘ
hullMaterial high-tensile steel ⓘ
length approximately 153 metres ⓘ
missileCompartmentDesign Common Missile Compartment ⓘ
missileCompartmentsSharedWith Columbia-class submarine ⓘ
missileCompartmentSupplier General Dynamics Electric Boat ⓘ
namedAfter HMS Dreadnought (1906) ⓘ
linked to: HMS Dreadnought
natoRole contribution to NATO nuclear deterrence ⓘ
nuclearWeaponSystem UK Trident programme ⓘ
numberOfPlannedUnits 4 ⓘ
officialClassNameAnnounced 2016 ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
plannedUnit HMS Dreadnought ⓘ
HMS King George VI ⓘ
HMS Valiant ⓘ
HMS Warspite ⓘ
predecessor Vanguard-class submarine ⓘ
primaryRole strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ
programmeCostEstimate tens of billions of pounds sterling ⓘ
programmeName Successor programme ⓘ
propulsion nuclear reactor ⓘ
pump-jet propulsion ⓘ
reactorDesignOrigin US-UK naval reactor cooperation ⓘ
reactorGeneration PWR3 ⓘ
reactorSupplier Rolls-Royce ⓘ
linked to: Rolls-Royce Limited
reactorType pressurised water reactor ⓘ
replaces Vanguard-class submarine ⓘ
serviceBranch Submarine Service ⓘ
serviceEntryPlanned early 2030s ⓘ
strategicPurpose maintain UK independent nuclear deterrent ⓘ

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Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom → deliveryPlatform → Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine → plannedSuccessorClass → Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ
linked to: Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
United Kingdom defence policy → nuclearSystem → Dreadnought-class ballistic missile submarines ⓘ
linked to: Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
Dreadnought-class submarine → successorTo → Continuous At-Sea Deterrent submarines of the Vanguard class ⓘ
linked to: Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
Common Missile Compartment → associatedWithProgram → UK Dreadnought-class SSBN program ⓘ
linked to: Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
SSBN(X) program → abbreviationMeaning → Ship, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear (replacement program) ⓘ
linked to: Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines