Blue Boar (bomb)
The Vickers Blue Boar was a family of British air-launched television-guided glider bombs of the 1950s which was cancelled during development.[2] It was to have replaced unguided bombs between 1,000 lb and 10,000 lb, or be equipped with a nuclear warhead.[1]
| Blue Boar | |
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| Type | Guided glider bomb |
| Place of origin | UK |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Vickers |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 1,000 lb (450 kg)-10,000 lb (4,500 kg)[1] |
Ordered under OR.1059[3] it was cancelled in June 1954 after £3.1 million had been spent on its development[3] because it was too heavy.[3] However the casing design was modified and used in the Green Cheese air to surface missile.[3]
References
- Roy Dommett. "The Blue Streak Weapon" (PDF). British Rocketry Oral History Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- "Blue Boar Air-to-Surface missile". Skomer. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- "Project Cancelled". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
- Forbat, John (2006). "3: Blue Boar Guided Gliding Bomb". Vickers Guided Weapons. Tempus Publishing. pp. 45–64. ISBN 0-7524-3769-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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