A Trident missile was seen on Sunday night from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, in an apparent military test or exercise in Atlantic waters, north of the Caribbean: this type of rocket is released from submarines.
This was announced by the weather analyst Jean Suriel through their social networks. He also shared images captured from Ponce, and other Puerto Rican places, confirm that the missile came from the marine surface.
“The object was observed in the sky around 7:28 pm this Sunday, September 21: it was also visible from Punta Cana, Dominican Republic,” he explained.
What is Trident and how does it work?
The Trident nuclear weapons system is part of Great Britain’s nuclear deterrence, the BBC Mundo reported.
The logic is that if the United Kingdom was under a nuclear attack, it could launch a retaliation attack against the aggressor, a concept known as insured mutual destruction.
The international media also pointed out that the system includes four vanguard class submarines with nuclear propulsion, missiles and eyelets.
Each submarine is designed to transport 16 Trident missiles, capable of transporting multiple eyelets, but in recent years they have transported eight missiles each, with a maximum of 40 ojas per submarine.
