Trident II D-5 Missile Launch

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Test launch of a Trident II D-5 missile from a submerged SSBN during Follow-on Commander Evaluation Test (FCET) #30, aboard USS Maryland, SSBN 738 (Blue crew), on 5 November 2003.
NOTE: I have decided to moderate comments to this video. This is not because I dislike dissent, far from it, but rather to protect the ignorant from making fools of themselves.
Background music is from the soundtrack of Apollo 13:
"Re-entry and Splashdown" ( • Apollo 13 Soundtrack (... )
Notable Moments:
Missile Control Center: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Decoding Launch Orders: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Retrieving the Captain's Key: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
CO issuing one of three total keys to launch: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Air from muzzle hatch opening: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Missile lighting off (view from underwater): • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Missile broach and light-off: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Nighttime launch missile light-off: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Crew List: • Trident II D-5 Missile...
Missile Division: • Trident II D-5 Missile...

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@theredbaron1981 11 лет назад

I am a former member of the crew that launched these missiles. and was on board her during this launch. I have been out of the navy for three years now but it was by far one of the best things I ever got to do in my naval career. I miss being out to sea sooo much! I am proud to be a united states navy submariner. I was an ms3 at the time Nathan jay schiffbauer

@jeremy07si 10 лет назад

Hey I was stationed on her during that launch! ET2(SS) Radioman at that time.

@dengate6 9 лет назад

Love that the whole crew was credited. The one man you want to be on good terms with is the Store Keeper.

@Dustywitch 8 лет назад

+dengate6 Three people, no matter what service you are in, of which you never want to piss off: your doctor, your barber, and supply.....

@patdwyer5204 8 лет назад

+dengate6 I did not see the Doc credited...On 640 class for 6 patrols it was Doc & Mess Crew u did not want to piss off...lol

@luistpuig 6 лет назад

... and the A-Gangers....lol..

@albobarhop 10 лет назад

Talk about bringing back memories. I was on the opposite crew that launched this missile. I remember it and recognise everyone in this video. I have been out of the navy since August of 2011. I so wish I could go back to it.

@hmartinspliff 8 лет назад

Missile launches at 5:08 if you want to skip the foreplay.

@misswindy13 8 лет назад

Lol thank you

@ZachBillings 10 лет назад

Apollo 13 soundtrack was a good choice for this. Made it fantastically epic.

@daveallen1847 7 лет назад

I used to love how it only took 20min or so to get the news of a good hit, considering we launched the d5 off the coast of cocoa beach, fl and were aiming at a target in South Africa. Not a bad flight time. The most frustrating thing about living in these Hulladay Inns was trying to sleep through that endless creaking while shallow with any minor sea state. Something to do with the missile rubbing against the teflon tube seals. Noisy bastards.

@GNX157 8 лет назад

Ultimate praise for our military and our technology. Right here is why our country and our military are #1.

@mustang501000 11 лет назад

Yes we did know this about this one....It was a test launch not a battle stations drill. It was quite interesting to feel the ship shake and respond to the launch

@theredbaron1981 10 лет назад

mustang I agree with you notice he holds the receiver upside down. I was on the boat at the time of the launch and remember it very well I was a cs3 at the time though. capt trussler was a good captain. but my favorite capt was my first skipper on Maryland capt steven p davito. I am now retired but miss this so very much. I would give anything to be back out to sea again

@x90sGangx 8 лет назад

This shit doesn't look anything like what was spotted in San Diego Saturday ,,, and this is what they said they were testing wtf

@frankfraser4583 8 лет назад

+Andurian Don't confuse the American public with data. It confuses them. A Trident at sunset, at extreme high altitude, daylight in the west, etc etc. My only question was it going to the Hawaii range or somewhere farther west. The Trident is a solid fuel system (I believe) so how do they reduce the fuel load before the launch? Otherwise it has a 7,400 mile range. They are also working on a "conventional" warhead for the Trident. Can you think what a warhead at 18,000 mph fer hour hitting a target will look like. Word is it has a 10 meter accuracy. (Open sources) The stupid fuckers who think this was anything else???

@scottbowen4505 8 лет назад

+Frank Fraser saw it in Phoenix how high up does it have to be

@joe2199 8 лет назад

+Andurian That's pretty awesome man!

@Tapport 8 лет назад

+Andurian I'd like to thank you for making an effort to keep the nuts at bay. But I'd also like to let you know that it doesn't matter how you are going to try and "explain it away" since they know what they saw and the government is hiding something.

@frankfraser4583 8 лет назад

+Andurian The "open source" was Wikipedia. (sorry I just wanted a quick source on the Trident! ) I am 64, have about 5,000 books on military history, retired military museum curator and the son of a "rocket guy" from the 1950' 70's. (Reaction Motors NJ....X-15 and Surveyor projects and my dad also wotked for Hughes Aircraft here in Tucson Az)...But I had to use the basic internet source for the missile. It was very obvious the video was from a missile of some sort. I thought it may have been something from Vandenberg. AFB.

@mustang501000 11 лет назад

Yes, I was running forward missile comp. during this launch. Standing next to the first tube that went. Kind of fun.

@jderek2005 12 лет назад

It's all part of the process to ensure we don't use them accidentally. And it's also pretty much standard for any USN weapon, the ship doesn't fire without the CO giving permission.

@Magellann365 8 лет назад

If more people played KSP they'd understand what happened the other day pretty easily.

@KerwinHieb 8 лет назад

Awesome system, it insures that our enemies continue to have a fresh supply of crap in their BVD's...

@ultrawiredsounds 11 лет назад

For me..interesting, the contrast in style, between the United States' Trident test launch....and the British Royal Navy Trident test launch....just sayin...we are friends after all !!! It fascinates me !!! Two different cultures...not one any better...just different !! BOTH equally dilligent..Thank God....!!

@FemmeEuro 11 лет назад

Convoluted? Are you kidding me? Considering the payload, this is an effective, concise, and highly reliable process for a D5 launch...and I wouldn't think you would have it any other way...

@shstan96 8 лет назад

This thing did some magnificent fireworks in Cali apparently...

@shstan96 8 лет назад

Technique only difference was that it was launched at might. And reason it had all those crazy light is because it went up high enough that it escaped shadow of Earth. Also, Navy confirmed it.

@shstan96 8 лет назад

***** Do you people even see news... www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-navy-test-fire-20151107-html-htmlstory.html

@shstan96 8 лет назад

Tinfoil party yay! Tinfoilz gotta Tin!

@bellevuemathclub5389 8 лет назад

too many tinfoilz bruh. hahaha dem foil people be cray.

@Box545x39 8 лет назад

Nice music for such a deadly thing.

@erikjohnson2976 11 лет назад

Brilliantly controlled, rehearsed and executed.

@derekwall200 9 лет назад

it was awesome to see that bird blast out of the tube from 130ft down and then see that flash from the rocket engine ignite from underwater. once it got high into the sky it was hauling ass to where its assigned target is and once it reaches the terminal stage the reentry vehicle loaded with a dummy nuke(s) simulating a real warhead will deploy and steer itself to within 1-3ft of its targets exact position and slam home doing 10,000mph+

@DrCrazyAzz 11 лет назад

Excellent footage. Are the exercises ever done without prior knowledge of the crew?

@tonytiger9809 11 лет назад

Exercise drills are conducted often without prior knowledge of the crew, but these don't actually launch a missile. All procedures are followed except actually firing the missile (if on patrol, the missile tubes would't be opened as this causes much noise that could be detected giving away the location of the submarine). Test launches are rare. A couple of time in the 30 year submarine life. It's a big event planned ahead of time. The crew knows when an actual test launch will happen.

@Kopihucky 10 лет назад

3:20 to hell with a key to the city... they have the keys to the world..

@jamesweldon9726 11 лет назад

Since this was a test firing, all interested parties (NATO, China, Russia, etc.) knew about it ahead of time, so the sub could continue to hover in place. In a real war, they might not stick around to take pictures. But the system is designed to be able to shoot all 24 missiles in about 15 minutes. (source: "Big Red" by Douglas Waller)

@MrBen527 10 лет назад

So cool, that rocket engine lighting up.

@724bigal 11 лет назад

But I will say, thank god we have these guys playing war under water!!!

@fermat2112 12 лет назад

It's interesting how convoluted the approval process is for a launch.

@levistrauss5378 8 лет назад

That aerospike though...

@mustang501000 11 лет назад

yeah and the diesel 3 levels below was 1938 technology

@Rilvin2 10 лет назад

Apollo 13 soundtrack?

@rdocksmith 8 лет назад

+Rilvin2 - Yes, our XO decided to set it to the Apollo 13 soundtrack.

@Maverick11344 11 лет назад

Beautiful Apollo 13 soundtrack...

@mustang501000 11 лет назад

I was on that boat at the same time to. I would bet you I signed your qual card. MM2 Jellison

@MrKbustera 11 лет назад

This is ballistic missile launch stuff, bro. Call For Fire would make their heads explode.

@Julianna.Domina 10 лет назад

God bless America!

@jderek2005 12 лет назад

I'd say "aahhh the memories", but I did my time on a C4 backfit '41 boat... and the procedures were a little bit different.

@Fortunateson69 11 лет назад

This was amazing and very informative thank you. However damn you for making me want to watch Apollo 13 right now I got stuff I need to do man are you Satan for real

@AstralHiGH 8 лет назад

I read that this missile they tested last night (which I witnessed) is to prevent a nuclear attack. if so, that is scarier then an alien.

@AbsurdJosh 11 лет назад

Remember guys this was in 2003, 10 years ago.

@Sifgrida 11 лет назад

Beautiful.

@countschnookums 8 лет назад

lol the Apollo 13 music in the background

@724bigal 11 лет назад

That looked fairly deep under water compared to other launches I've seen as a civilian? I know there is a limit of depth from which a launch can be executed? Could a skipper if he had to, but i know would never happen launch from surface?

@JaquinS 8 лет назад

Why wasn't the missile that was launched a few days ago wasnt filmed like this one?

@jimoberg1811 7 лет назад

Fair question, and the answer is it occurred at twilight which provided spectacular illumination. California missile freak-out satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

@7777Scion 11 лет назад

Exercises (drills) go on continuously. A live fire exercise has to be carefully planned and we let the Russians know what we are doing through various means so nobody gets ... excited.

@toaster1971 9 лет назад

If directed by the national command authority, these missles will fly.

@a320crew6 7 лет назад

Talking of "foreplay" does it really take this long to launch a missle?

@mwyatt787 11 лет назад

I don't understand how the US test missles and everyone approves but, once other test missles it is considered an act of aggression?

@tomislavbrunic2465 6 лет назад

Hello Armageddon.

@Dragonx0562 11 лет назад

seeing as technically you're talking of launching a missile with 4 475 Kiloton Nuclear weapons per missile. I'd rather they went through the steps so they got it right if they had to go mushroom farming

@awesom6588 12 лет назад

love to see them perform this ridiculous exercise of asking for permission in the heat of battle

@askhowiknow5527 6 лет назад

The music was annoying

@touvang7 8 лет назад

if it was a trident missle. how do you explain it being seen across all caliornia and nevada? please dont reply that it is alien, i am already on that side. want to hear from the people who saying it is a missle.

@mcsew2k 8 лет назад

+touvang7 As mentioned it was probably 200 miles offshore; the exhaust plume was not seen until it was in outer space and in the sunlight. Although this Trident was launched from a submarine, test launches of the Minuteman III ICBM from Vandenberg AFB look very similar near sunrise or sunset and seen from just as far away.

@afterburnerUSAF 8 лет назад

I live in Massachusetts and have witnessed countless rockets launched from Wallops flight facility in Virginia thats over 500 miles away, The reason why so many people could see it was the missile reached a high enough altitude, and high enough to where the sun reflected off the contrail turning that bright blue-ish green color.

@jimoberg1811 7 лет назад

The difference was that it occurred at twilight which provided spectacular illumination. satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

@kodeine222 7 лет назад

were those data bursts?

@electrodeath0189 9 лет назад

how did i get here i was watching how posiedon got his trident

@MrKbustera 11 лет назад

Yeoman magic.

@imallpissedoff 11 лет назад

Because the U.S., unlike North Korea and Iran, isn't threatening to wipe other nations off the planet for their "imperialist aggression," or because some moon god told them to. But, of course, your type don't understand this, either.

@ava1176 8 лет назад

Wait people going all shit about their taxes here? THIS WAS FILMED ON 2003

@langhalsen 11 лет назад

Also what's the song?

@mustang501000 11 лет назад

yep

@ben32706 11 лет назад

Yep.....if he had to

@onildosilva4245 9 лет назад

Hits targets in Russia, China, Iran, Siria, Brazil

@MichaelMyers9092_ 8 лет назад

All this just to launch one missile?

@MichaelMyers9092_ 8 лет назад

***** oh okay i see now thanks. Didn't realized that.

@TheGuzathemaster 8 лет назад

is this the same kind of shit that was flying over LA a few days ago in the middle of the night??

@RainbowManification 8 лет назад

+Steven Freeman yes

@jimoberg1811 7 лет назад

I think it was, with the difference it occurred at twilight which provided spectacular illumination. California missile freak-out satobs.org/seesat_ref/misc/misperceiving_missiles.pdf

@tyronewalker5764 10 лет назад

This is bad ass, I wonder what the Chinese have?

@tonyfondacaro1980 10 лет назад

Uh Captain, recommend you dress for general emergency sir.....

@TR6Telos 6 лет назад

I Know where you keep the keys.

@alekseysuhanov4380 10 лет назад

HOYA and HOOORRRAA!!!! US NAVY/

@mrdavis7766 10 лет назад

Awesome us power

@mccalldoug85 9 лет назад

and there goes $65 million

@mattc7939 7 лет назад

Actually, we use missiles that are near their expiration date. They $$ is gone whether you fire it or simply dismantle it. (In fact, that ought to impress anyone - the fact that those missiles were in the tube nearly since the commissioning of the USS Maryland, and at expiration, they were ready to perform flawlessly). Also, demonstrating that we still have the capability to launch is part of the strategy of "Mutually assured destruction". In order for our adversaries to be properly dissuaded from ever launching the first strike, they must know beyond a shadow of a doubt that we can return fire. These tests are crucial to maintain that certainty in their minds. Remember the primary mission of SSBNs isn't to fire on our adversaries but to deter our adversaries from firing on us. Firing on others only happens after their primary mission has failed (of course we hope that never happens). $65 million well spent.

@langhalsen 11 лет назад

I bed they wished they could share the 30 million dollars it costed :D

@СВИНАТОР 11 лет назад

А оборудование внутри лодки у них тож не новое

@definedemerald 11 лет назад

Hit D-6, miss

@8segundosful 11 лет назад

I prefer to polaris

@clearjet 8 лет назад

Why does that guy get to wear a beard?

@theredbaron1981 10 лет назад

feld made senior chief? mc prince was ok god senior Schultz then lt Quinton this seems like forever ago and yet at the same time just yesterday

@vegass04 10 лет назад

Does anyone know what is the speed of Trident missile while it ascends? I know it is in high hypersonic on it's down trajectory but what about ascend? Thnx.

@mattc7939 6 лет назад

It reaches a speed in excess of 15,000 mph before the second stage burns out. (Just a little more speed and it could be placed in orbit, which would require 17,500 mph) It does however pass through space when it’s near apogee, but it doesn’t have quite enough speed to stay there, so it falls back down onto its target.

@kimjongun78 11 лет назад

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@Burboss 9 лет назад

...took them a while to get it launched... kinda alarming. and that missile nearly flipped over once it cleared the surface... definitely alarming... the Trident itself is 50 year old design - very alarming. is what we get in return for our tax money?

@JohnnyWishbone85 9 лет назад

Obviously, this is a test, so they aren't doing the ordinary rocket launch drill, which they can do pretty quickly. As for the flip, it's a consequence of the way it's launched. A charge that is similar in principle to an automobile airbag, just much bigger, kicks it out of the tube and into the air, at which point the rocket motor fires. Since you can't really predict what the water is going to be doing when you launch, it's designed to be able to correct for a pretty big tilt in the rocket when the motor fires. No biggie. They can launch these things in all but the worst weather.

@EeekiE 8 лет назад

+Greg Nuclear warheads aren't deployed at the drop of a hat. Ones on submarines can be anywhere, so flight times account for more of the delay than any human procedure. They are also mostly a deterrent. It's not like getting a kill streak in COD and having one there in seconds. It didn't nearly flip over. The amount of delay before the rocket motor ignites is perfectly fine. It's not supposed to fire too soon, and it will sort itself out on the way up. It's operating the same as every other successful launch. It's designed to be effective and safe, not be aesthetically pleasing to a RU-vid viewer. Trident II isn't a 50 year old design. To develop a new warhead every few years for minuscule gains would be a colossal waste of our tax money. Military hardware is also upgraded in place to keep them relevant. To call a Trident II D-5 a 50 year old design is demonstrating ignorance and idiocy.

@Burboss 8 лет назад

Calling Trident II D-5 a "new" design, actually, is a demonstration of utter lack of knowledge in related area. FYI, inception date for Trident II D-5 is May 1972. I hope you can do some basic counting.

@frankfraser4583 8 лет назад

+Greg You stupid fuck. The B-52 is way older. Minuteman ICBM's are old. M-1 tanks designed in the 1970's. Do some military history book reading. It isn't on your cell phone.

@frankfraser4583 8 лет назад

+Frank Fraser That comment was to Greg. Not you!