Nation : 2nd Success in Trident 2 Test

A Navy submarine successfully launched a Trident 2 missile today without interference from Greenpeace anti-nuclear protesters who had threatened to enter the safety zone, the Navy said.

The launch from the submerged nuclear submarine Tennessee was the second straight successful undersea firing of the Navy’s newest and deadliest nuclear weapon. Two of the first three submarine tests failed explosively.

A 60-foot Greenpeace ketch, the Mondeivitano, was on the scene but did not attempt to enter a safety zone after the Navy warned it to keep away, the Navy said. On Dec. 4, a Navy ship damaged a Greenpeace vessel with 25 protesters aboard by bumping it and using fire hoses to pour water down the smokestacks, stopping the engines.