United States nuclear triad
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The United States nuclear triad is the three-pronged strategic deterrent system consisting of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and strategic bomber aircraft.
All labels observed (8)
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nuclear triad
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strategic deterrent system ⓘ |
| airLegAircraft |
B-1B Lancer
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B-21 Raider ⓘ B-2 Spirit ⓘ
surface form:
B-2A Spirit
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ
surface form:
B-52H Stratofortress
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| airLegBaseType | strategic bomber bases ⓘ |
| airLegOperatedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| airLegWeaponType |
air-launched cruise missiles
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gravity nuclear bombs ⓘ |
| commandAndControl |
U.S. Strategic Command
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surface form:
United States Strategic Command
|
| component |
land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles
ⓘ
strategic bombers ⓘ submarine-launched ballistic missiles ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedBy |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
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| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| feature |
ability to respond under nuclear attack
ⓘ
diverse delivery systems ⓘ survivability through redundancy ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Nuclear Posture Review
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Nuclear Posture Review
|
| historicalPrecursor |
United States Air Force Strategic Air Command
ⓘ
surface form:
Strategic Air Command bomber force
|
| landLegBasingMode | silo-based ICBMs ⓘ |
| landLegLocation |
contiguous United States
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surface form:
continental United States
|
| landLegMissileType | ICBM ⓘ |
| landLegOperatedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| landLegSystem |
Minuteman III
ⓘ
surface form:
LGM-30G Minuteman III
|
| maintainedBy |
Department of Defense
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| policyContext |
United States national security strategy
ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons policy ⓘ |
| purpose |
assured destruction capability
ⓘ
nuclear deterrence ⓘ second-strike capability ⓘ strategic deterrence ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
New START Treaty
ⓘ
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ⓘ
surface form:
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties
|
| role |
deterring large-scale conventional aggression
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deterring nuclear attack on the United States ⓘ |
| seaLegMissileType | SLBM ⓘ |
| seaLegOperatedBy | United States Navy ⓘ |
| seaLegPatrolAreas |
Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| seaLegPlatform |
Columbia-class submarine
ⓘ
surface form:
Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine ⓘ
surface form:
Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines
|
| seaLegSystem |
Trident II D5 missile
ⓘ
surface form:
UGM-133 Trident II
|
| status | active ⓘ |
| strategicDoctrine | mutually assured destruction ⓘ |
| threatTypeDeterrence |
nuclear weapons
ⓘ
strategic adversaries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: United States nuclear triad Description of subject: The United States nuclear triad is the three-pronged strategic deterrent system consisting of land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and strategic bomber aircraft.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Trident II D5
this entity surface form:
United States strategic nuclear triad (land-based component)
subject surface form:
United States Strategic Command
this entity surface form:
Nuclear triad
this entity surface form:
United States intercontinental ballistic missile forces
this entity surface form:
United States strategic triad
United States Navy submarine USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642) named in his honor
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partOf
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United States nuclear triad
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subject surface form:
USS Brien McMahon (SSBN-642)
this entity surface form:
United States strategic nuclear triad
this entity surface form:
United States strategic forces
this entity surface form:
United States strategic nuclear forces