Trident Class Submarine: Our Trident Class Submarine model ship is modeled and handcrafted using various high-quality grade materials by our renowned master craftsmen. Our model ships are uniquely designed and manufactured using the latest innovations and techniques applied in the over-all manufacturing and operation process procedures. The Trident Class Submarine> model ship’s parts including the weaponries, armament, guns and hulls are extremely accurate and precise based on the original blueprint of the actual ship. It will fascinate anyone who gazes at it for its remarkable and exceptional quality. The Trident Class Submarine model ship comes with an extremely durable base stand marked with the ship’s official insignia. Trident Class Submarine History: The Trident submarines (SSBN-726) serves as part of the U.S. startegic nuclear deterrent force. The SSBN-726s are commonly called Trident submarines since it carry Trident submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The first Trident entered service in 1981 and the 18th was on 1997. The first 8 (SSBNs 726 through 733) were armed with Trident I (C4) SLBMs. The final were armed with larger and powerful Trident II (D5) SLBMs. Tridents are originally designed for a 30-year life but are now certified for a 42-year life, composed of 20 years of operation, a two-year mid-life nuclear refueling overhaul and then another 20 years for operation. The Trident SSGN program as an example of defense transformation, citing the conversion of a strategic-nuclear-forces platform into a nonstrategic platform, the large number of cruise missiles that an SSGN will carry and the large payload volume of the boats for carrying future advanced payloads. The Trident SSGN program may actually have slowed the transformation of the Navy's submarine force by reducing the amount of funding available to the submarine community for research and development programs aimed at developing more radical and transformational changes to the Virginia-class attack submarine design.