US Navy tests Trident II D5LE missile from USS Maine

The US Navy’s Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN-741) has launched an unarmed Trident II life-extension (D5LE) missile off the coast of San Diego, California.

The missile is manufactured by Lockheed Martin Space Systems and has undergone a life-extension programme.

A test flight of the missile was conducted as part of a Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) called DASO-30.