among others, warned that the project would increase the danger of accidental nuclear war. "The launch of such a missile could ... provoke a full-scale counterattack using strategic nuclear forces," Putin said in May 2006. Operators See also Agni-VI British Trident system ICBM JL-1 JL-2 K Missile family M45 (missile) M51 (missile) Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom Nuclear weapons and the United States R-29RMU2.1 "Layner" RSM-56 Bulava References External links Basic characteristics of Trident II D-5 at the U.S. Navy Trident I C-4 page at Lockheed Martin Trident II D-5 page at Lockheed Martin Trident II D-5 at the Federation of American Scientists Cold War submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the United States Cold War weapons of the United States MIRV capable missiles Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom Nuclear weapons of the United States Submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the United States Trident (UK nuclear programme)