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The British Trident warhead is a 100 kiloton nuclear weapon used in the UK Trident programme. It was designed by the Atomic Weapons Establishment at its facility near Aldermaston.

It was developed from 1980 to 1987 and was tested at the Nevada Test Site in the United States. It is believed to share design features with the US W76 warhead.

It is believed that the warheads are still being assembled at a trickle rate by the AWE facility near Burghfield.

The warheads are stored at RNAD Coulport, prior to being loaded onto the UK's stock of Trident II D5 missiles and transferred to Vanguard class submarines at HMNB Clyde, Faslane.