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A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) designed to replace the smaller UGM-133A Trident D5 aboard the Chamberlain-class ballistic missile submarines.

GWS.82U

Types:
Submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM)
Anti-satellite weapon launching system (ASAT)
Satellite launching system (SAT-L)
Service designation:
SLBM: UGM.82
ASAT: UIM.82
SAT-L: UCM.82
Dimensions:
Length: 17.21 m
Diameter: 2.54 m
Mass: 108721 kg
Warhead: SLBM: Multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRV)
Payload: 5204 kg Propulsion: three-stage solid-propellant rocket, thrust-vector control for course corrections
Guidance:
Initial: inertial navigation corrected by global positioning satellite information (GPS)
Midcourse: inertial navigation corrected by celestial reference navigation system (CRNS)
Terminal: inertial navigation corrected by stored map reference guidance and GPS information.
Range: >12000 km
Cost: tbd

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