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How tall is a Trident II D5 missile?

A Trident II D5 missile is about 13.6 m (45 ft) tall.

What is measured: submarine-launched ballistic missile, overall height

Trident II D5 Missile (13.6 m) drawn to scale beside a city bus (12 m) and the Statue of Liberty (93 m)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: City bus (12 m), Trident II D5 Missile (13.6 m) and Statue of Liberty (93 m).

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How big is that, really?

  • About the length of a city bus
  • About 57% of the length of a tennis court
  • About 6.8× as tall as a doorway
  • About 15% of the height of the Statue of Liberty
  • About 2.2× the length of a 20-foot shipping container

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Facts about Trident II D5 Missile

Trident II missiles are launched from submerged submarines and can carry multiple independently targeted nuclear warheads.

Source: US Navy fact file, Trident II (D5) Missile

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NameSizeCompared with Trident II D5 Missile
Aérospatiale Alouette III12.8 m (42 ft)0.94×
Bell OH-58 Kiowa12.8 m (42 ft)0.94×
Westland Whirlwind13 m (43 ft)0.96×
F-22 Raptor13.6 m (44 ft)same size
Trident II D5 Missile13.6 m (45 ft)this page
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka13.8 m (45 ft)1×
Fairey Swordfish13.9 m (46 ft)1×
V-2 Rocket14 m (46 ft)1×
Eurocopter Tiger14.1 m (46 ft)1×
Agusta A129 Mangusta14.3 m (47 ft)1.1×

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