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United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects
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011103 L = length, S = span, W = weight, R = range, Ø = diameter

Name

Description

Remarks

Particulars

Category

Black Arrow

Three stage Saro satellite launcher.

Four ASM Gamma II engines, two Gamma engines and a Waxwing. Launched Prospero.

50000lb (222.4KN) thrust at lift off.

Space

Black Knight

Saro research rocket.

Used to test re-entry vehicles for Blue Streak. Four ASM Gamma engines.

16000lb (71.2KN) thrust at lift off.

Space

Black Maria

FIS interrogator for IFF system.

Used AI radar in X and S bands.

N/A

Radar / EW

Black Prince

Blue Streak + Black Knight + third stage. Unofficial name for BSSLV (Blue Streak Satellite Launch Vehicle). Also known as Blue Star.

Proposed satellite launcher. Not proceeded with.

N/A

Space

Black Rock

Surface to surface missile.

Intended for the Army.

R = 200miles (320Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Anchor

Type 87 X-band CW tracking and Target Illumination Radar for Bloodhound.

Used on fixed based Bloodhounds. Replaced Yellow River TIR. Exported as Scorpion.

Operated at 10GHz.

Radar / EW

Blue Badger

Nuclear landmine mounted on a truck.

Smaller warhead than Blue Bunny / Peacock. Eventually called Violet Mist. Not adopted.

N/A

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Bishop

Portable 2.5MW nuclear powerplant.

Previously called Green Janet. See Green Janet.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Blue Boar

TV guided glide bomb.

OR.1059. Warhead may have been Red Beard. Vickers precursor to Blue Steel originally called Journey's End. Too heavy for naval aircraft and TV guidance of limited use due to cloud cover. Cancelled 6/54.

Estimated yield 20 - 100Kt, L = 24.1ft (7.37m) S = 62" (1.57m) Ø = 32in (81.3cm) W = 5000lb (2.27Kg) R = 25miles (46Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Boy

Speech secrecy over VHF.

C.1956.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Bunny

Official codename for Brown Bunny truck-mounted landmine using Blue Danube physics package.

Cancelled as too heavy. Truck couldn't go off-road. Became Blue Peacock.

Estimated yield - 10Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Cat

Common user fission weapon.

Also known as Tony, but may be a US design.

2 – 10Kt yield

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Cedar

X band AA No3 Mk7 radar or fire control system.

Used for Brakemine. Built by British Thompson Houston.

Range = 40miles (64km)

Radar / EW

Blue Circle

Spoof code name for concrete ballast in Tornado F.2. First installed in the Buccaneer while awaiting Blue Parrot.

Highly unofficial usage. Delays on GEC Marconi Foxhunter required use of ballast to maintain CoG

N/A

Miscellaneous

Blue Danube

Mk.1 atom bomb to OR.1001.

UK's first operational Plutonium fission weapon. Casing was also used for Violet Club.

Estimated yield - 20Kt, L = 24.1ft (7.37m) Ø = 62in (157.5cm) W = 10250lb (4650Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Devil

T.4 bombsight.

Drift and ground speed from Green Satin.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Diamond

AA No7 Radar.

Used to control Bofors guns for Rugger Scrum. Later became the radar element of Yellow Fever. Built by EMI Engineering Division.

Range = 9.7miles (15.5km)

Radar / EW

Blue Diver

UHF barrage noise jammer for V-bombers.

Entered service as ARI 18075. Replaced Green Palm.

Metric range (300 - 400MHz)

Radar / EW

Blue Dolphin

Semi-active Air-to-Air weapon for the Sea Vixen.

CW radar-guided version of Red Top. Blue Jay Mk.5. Analogous to AIM-7 Sparrow.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Blue Duck

ASW missile.

Became Ikara.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Blue Envoy

Bristol M3.2 200 miles range heavy SAM.

Intended Stage 1¾ SAGW for Navy and RAF. 2 x 18in BRJ 811 ramjets. Cancelled 1957.

L = 26.25ft (8m) S = 16.4ft (5m) W = 4000lb (1815Kg) R = 200miles (322Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Eric

Harrier ECM pod c.1982.

Crash programme for Falklands War.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Falcon

Demonstration radar developed by Ferranti.

Became Blue Vixen.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Fox

Air Interception radar for Sea Harrier FRS.1

Entered service.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Fox (1955)

Common user lightweight kiloton warhead.

Developed for delivery by Bloodhound to use the R-1 effect. Renamed Indigo Hammer.

Estimated yield – 6.5 Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Granite

Fusion weapon test.

Original (and possibly correct) name for Purple Granite.

N/A

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Gum

Search procedure for lost submarine contact.

N/A

N/A

Miscellaneous

Blue Hare

Nuclear landmine mounted on truck.

Blue Bunny codename was compromised and so became Blue Peacock. By fitting a smaller warhead this became Blue Hare. Not adopted.

N/A

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Hawk

GEC-Marconi Multimode radar

Offered as a retrofit on aircraft upgrade projects

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Jacket

Air data navigation computer for Buccaneer.

Used Doppler radar.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Jay

OR.1117.

Firestreak AAM.

L = 10.4ft (3.17m) W = 300lb (136Kg) R = 5miles (8Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Joker

Balloon borne S-band radar system for low level threats from early 1950s.

See Orange Poodle. Originally called AMES Type 87.

Operated at 3GHz with peak power of 600KW.

Radar / EW

Blue Kestrel

Radar of Merlin ASW Helicopter.

Entered service.

N/A

Radar/EW

Blue Label

Development radar for the Stage 2 air defence system.

Being developed by Marconi. Cancelled with Stage 2 in 1957. May be related to Naval Type 984.

N/A

Radar/EW

Blue Lagoon

IR equipment for detecting aircraft in flight.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Moon

Long range SSM.

Possibly and English Electric MRBM project to meet OR.203.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Blue Oak

Super-computer at AWRE Aldermaston.

Used to simulate nuclear explosions. Capable of 3 trillion calculations per second.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Blue Orchid

Doppler navigation equipment for helicopters.

Used by anti-submarine Westland Wessex.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Parrot

Radar fitted to the Buccaneer.

Also known as Airpass II and ARI.5390. Automatic contour following strike radar. Entered service.

Used I-band.

Radar / EW

Blue Peacock

British nuclear land mine system from the 50s-early 60s.

Renamed from Blue Bunny after codename was compromised.

Estimated yield - 20Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Ranger

Blue Steel carrying trials flights to Australia.

Delivered 18 weapons to the Woomera range.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Blue Rapier

Plastic unmanned bomb.

Req. UB.109T (Bristol Aeroplane submission) See Red Rapier.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Blue Riband

Biggest, highest power, air defence radar in the UK. Intended to acquire targets for Stage 2 SAGW.

Was designed to beat carcinotron jamming. Leading to Blue Yeoman. Cancelled with Stage 2 active homing SAM.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Rosette.

Short case H-bomb for use on Avro 730. Smaller than Blue Danube.

To OR.1144 with Green Bamboo warhead. Later with Orange Herald warhead. Cancelled with Avro 730.

W = 7000lb (3182Kg) with Green Bamboo, 3500lb (1591Kg) with Orange Herald.

Nuclear Weapon

Blue Saga

RWR for Vulcan.

Entered service as ART 18105.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Sapphire

Star sighting astro-navigation system.

Not proceeded with. Possibly leading to Orange Tartan.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Shadow

ARI 5856 SLAR for Canberra.

Fitted to No.51 Squadron English Electric Canberra B.6 used for Elint duties. Also possibly known as APQ-13.

Operated in the X-band.

Radar / EW

Blue Shield

Maritime SAM

No hard details available. Possible Seaslug development.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Blue Silk

Improved Green Satin.

Doppler Navigation radar for nuclear strike Supermarine Scimitar, English Electric Canberra and Avro Shackleton. Used 1955 -75 X-band Doppler navigator.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Sky

Fairey Fireflash beam riding AAM.

In restricted service. Reduced spec Red Hawk. To OR.1088.

L = 9.3ft (2.83m) W = 330lb (150Kg) R = 1.9miles (3.05Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Slug

Anti-ship missile based on Sea Slug airframe.

Designed to use the same equipment as Sea Slug, i.e. same launcher and Type 901 beam guidance radar. Cancelled to allow AW to concentrate on Sea Slug

L = 20ft (6.1m) W = 94lb (42.6Kg) R = 15miles (24Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Star

Three stage launcher.

Unofficial name for BSSLV (Blue Streak Satellite Launch Vehicle). Also known as Black Prince. Cancelled.

N/A

Space

Blue Steel Mk1

OR.1132 Long-range rocket powered bomb.

Stand off missile equipping V-bombers. Operational 1961.

L = 34.9ft (10.6m) W = 15000lb (6800Kg) R = 100miles (160Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Steel Low Level

Long-range turbojet powered bomb.

Blue Steel powered by a Viper turbojet for low level launch.

L = 34.9ft (10.6m) W = 15000lb (6800Kg) R = 250miles (402Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Steel Mk1*D

Long-range powered bomb.

Longer ranged Blue Steel powered by improved Stentor and two solid rocket boosters.

L = 34.9ft (10.6m) W = 15000lb (6800Kg) R = 440miles (708Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Steel Mk2

Long-range powered bomb to OR.1159.

Met by Avro W112 with 4 x BRJ.824 ramjets and 2 x rocket boosts. See also Avro W107/8/9. Cancelled 12/59.

R = 600miles (966Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Stone

Unit 710 Neutron initiator for Green Grass warhead in Yellow Sun Mk1

Used in Yellow Sun Mk1 500Kt bomb

N/A

Miscellaneous

Blue Streak

Ballistic missile to meet OR.1139.

UK IRBM. Used Rolls-Royce RZ2 rocket engines. Basis for Europa launcher. Cancelled in 1960.

L = 61.5ft (18.75m) W = 199000lb (90266Kg) R = 2500miles (4023Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Study

Automatic blind bombing system.

Used the Cat/Mouse computer method.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Sugar

Air droppable radio beacon.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Tit

Possible early name for Sea Spray radar

Probably an early in-house Ferranti name.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Vesta

OR 1131see Red Hebe. Originally for F.155T.

Replaced by Blue Jay became Red Top.

W = 340lb (154Kg) R = 3.8miles (6.01Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Vixen

Air Interception radar for Sea Harrier FA.2.

Entered service.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Warrior

Jammer for use against VT fused artillery shells.

Tested at Fort Dill. Mounted on a Saracen APC.

N/A

Radar / EW

Blue Water

Surface to surface tactical missile.

Originally called Red Rose. To be fitted with a nuclear warhead under development as Tony at AWRE. Used a modified Cuckoo rocket motor. Cancelled August 1962.

L = 25ft (7.6m), W = 3000lb (1361Kg) R = 55miles (88.5Km)

Guided Weapon

Blue Yeoman

AMES Type 85. Advanced version of Orange Yeoman (q.v.) 3D tactical control and early warning radar.

High power and anti-jamming capability. Proposed for Violet Friend ABM system. Later used for Early Warning. Blue Riband transmitter on an Orange Yeoman aerial. Entered service.

Operated at 2.75 / 3.25GHz with peak power of 54MW.

Radar / EW

Brown Bunny

Truck mounted nuclear landmine based on Blue Danube.

Previously known as Big Bertha. Later renamed Blue Peacock.

Estimated yield - 20Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Green Apple

Window for drift measurement over sea.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Archer

Mortar location radar.

X-band radar based on Blue Diamond. Built by EMI, mounted on FV436 APC.

Range = capable of detecting a 3" mortar bomb at 4.5miles (7.3km)

Radar / EW

Green Bamboo

Boosted megaton fission bomb.

Tamper-boosted design similar to the Soviet 'layer cake'. Developed by 1955 suitable for airdrop. Not tested. Any bomb of 500Kt plus was a megaton weapon in the UK.

Estimated yield - 0.5Mt

Nuclear Weapon

Green Bottle

Device for homing on U-boat signals.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Cheese

Fairey Anti-ship missile based on Blue Boar airframe with an EMI developed Red Dean radar seeker. Also known as Fairey Project 7

X-band seeker, cut down Smokey Joe sustainer motor. Intended for use by Blackburn Buccaneer. Too heavy for carriage by Gannet. Red Beard warhead also proposed. Cancelled Feb 1956.

L = 15ft (4.57m), S = 5.2ft (1.6m) W = 3800lb (1724Kg) Ø = 27in (68cm)

Guided Weapon

Green Flash

Anti-ship weapon.

Green Cheese replacement.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Green Flax

Red Shoes Surface to Air Guided Weapon (to Stage 1½) with CW radar. Renamed Yellow Temple in 1957.

Entered service as English Electric Thunderbird II in 1963. Remained in service until 1976. Also called VR.725.

L = 20.8ft (6.35m) S = 5.3ft (1.6m) Ø = 20.75in (52.7cm) R = 46miles (75Km)

Guided Weapon

Green Garland

Fuselage side of Blue Jay.

N/A

N/A

Miscellaneous

Green Garlic

Prototype radar leading to AMES Type 80 radar.

Long Range Early Warning radar. An L-band version became the Type 84 for Stage 2 air defence.

Operated at 3GHz with a peak power of 1MW.

Radar / EW

Green Garland

IR fuse for Red Top.

N/A

N/A

Guided weapon

Green Ginger

AMES Type 88 Tactical Control Radar and Type 89 height finder radar for Thunderbird II / VR.725.

Conferred improved capability to the Thunderbird. May be called AD11 and AD12 in service.

Type 88 operated in L and S - band at 1.3 - 3GHz. Peak power – 2000KW. Type 89 operated in C – band at 3GHz, peak power – 750KW.

Radar / EW

Green Goddess

Military fire engine based on a Bedford truck chassis

Formerly part of the Civil Defence preparations in the 1950s, but kept in store for emergencies such as a strike by fire fighters. May be a colloquial name.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Green Granite

Multi-megaton bomb, suitable for air drops.

Large two stage thermonuclear bomb. Short Granite and Purple Granite were derived from this design.

Estimated yield - Green Granite Small - 1.0 Mt, Green Granite Large - 3.0 Mt

Nuclear Weapon

Green Grass

Pure-fission warhead. The last purely British nuclear weapon.

Used in Violet Club and Yellow Sun Mk.1. Similar to Orange Herald in concept but without using core boosting.

Estimated yield - 500Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Green Hammock

Doppler navigation for low-altitude bombing.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Janet

Portable nuclear powerplant.

There was a requirement for 2 and 5MW powerplants to provide power in remote or devastated areas. Not proceeded with. Name changed to Blue Bishop.

Output = 2 - 5MW.

Miscellaneous

Green Light

Test vehicle for visually controlled maritime SAM

Became Shorts Sea Cat.

N/A

Test Vehicle

Green Lizard

VG gun fired SAM.

Barnes Wallis project for Vickers.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Green Mace

RARDE developed rapid-firing 4" (10.1cm) heavy AA gun. To be used in conjunction with Red Sea predictor. A 5" (12.7mm) version was also proposed.

Used a fin-stabilised dart and discarding sabot. Ammo was carried in two large cylindrical magazines. Capable of 75 rounds per minute. Cancelled 1956.

L = 29ft (8.8m) W = 39200lb (17781Kg)

Anti-Aircraft Gun

Green Minnow

Radiometer.

Multiline pictures.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Green Palm

Early VHF jammer for V-force.

Entered service.

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Salad

UHF homer for Hunter and Buccaneer.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Satin

Self contained Doppler Navigation aid for V-bombers.

Also fitted to Elint English Electric Canberras of 51 Squadron.

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Sparkler

Stage 2 SAGW.

Command Guidance with active terminal homing. Guidance system by Marconi. Cancelled 1957.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Green Thistle

IR homing incorporating Blue Sapphire and Blue Lagoon.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Walnut

Blind bombing equipment for Eureka and Blue Study.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Green Water

OR.202.

150-mile ramjet powered pilotless interceptor / SAGW study. Dropped as too ambitious in 1952.

N/A

Guided weapon

Green Willow

AI.20 X-band AI radar for single seat fighters.

Limited capability. Developed as a back up for AI.23. Abandoned due to success of AI.23. Re-emerged as Red Steer.

Used X-band.

Radar / EW

Green Wizard

Measured muzzle-velocity.

AA gun calibration instrument. Built by WH Sanders.

N/A

Anti-Aircraft Gun

Indigo Bracket

OR.3518 Centimetric jamming system that used carcinotron valves.

Fitted to V-bombers.

N/A

Radar / EW

Indigo Corkscrew

AMES Type 86 Continuous wave target illumination radar.

Entered service with the Bristol Bloodhound II and English Electric Thunderbird II.

N/A

Radar / EW

Indigo Hammer

Fission warhead and fusion trigger.

Originally for the nuclear armed SAGW such as Bloodhound III.

Estimated yield - 6.5 Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Jade River

Continuous wave homing radar.

Development of Indigo Corkscrew.

Operated at 16GHz

Radar / EW

Orange Blossom

ESM on Hercules.

Entered service.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Cocktail

Homing radar weapon and scanner.

Experimental.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Crop

ESM for Lynx

Racal MIR-2 system. Entered service

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Harvest

Passive maritime ESM.

Entered service on Westland Lynx.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Herald

A core-boosted large fission weapon.

Megaton yield weapon suitable for missile warhead. Possibly OR.1142. Apart from boosting, similar to Green Grass.

Estimated yield - 0.72Mt

Nuclear Weapon

Orange Nell

Naval anti sea-skimming missile-missile design study.

Cancelled 1957. Was to be small enough to fit on a frigate. Possible precursor to Seawolf.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Orange Pippin

Light Anti-Aircraft fire control radar.

Built by Ferranti.

Range = 2 miles (3.2Km)

Radar / EW

Orange Poodle

Low altitude radar system.

A 1952 project for a low altitude early warning system. Developed with Wealth. Used ground wave propagation. Only two stations were convertible. Both tested at Downberry in Cornwall. Supposed to replace Chain Home Low stations. Also mentions Red Cabbage and Blue Joker qv.

Using HF surface wave in the 5 - 15MHz range.

Radar / EW

Orange Putter

Tail warning radar on V-bombers.

Also possibly fitted to Electronic intelligence English Electric Canberras of 51 Squadron.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Reaper

ESM on Royal Navy Merlin.

Entered service.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Tartan

Automatic day and night astro-navigation aid.

See Blue Sapphire.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange Toffee

British Thompson Houston CW radar.

Possible SAGW guidance / TIR for Blue Envoy.

N/A

Radar / EW

Orange William

Fairey anti tank missile system for Royal Armoured Corps.

Cancelled 1958 due to its specification being too demanding. Used radio command link.

W = 225lb (102Kg)

Guided Weapon

Orange Yeoman

AMES Type 82 3D tactical control radar for Bloodhound.

Used on Bloodhound Mk1 system. Installed at North Coates, Watton, Lindholme and North Luffenham. Leading to Blue Yeoman.

Operated at 3GHz with peak power of 1MW.

Radar / EW

Pink Hawk

Stern attack AAM leading to Fireflash.

Derived from a de-specced Red Hawk and leading to Blue Sky / Fireflash..

N/A

Guided weapon

Purple Granite

Two-stage H-bomb.

Modified Green Granite H-bomb. See Green Granite. Blue Granite may have been correct designation.

Estimated yield - 0.2Mt

Nuclear Weapon

Purple Passion

Sub-kiloton demolition mine project.

Related to Violet Mist.

0.01 – 0.1Kt

Nuclear Weapon

Red Angel

Warhead for air-launched anti-ship weapon for use against Soviet cruisers in the Sverdlov class.

Also suggested as the warhead for Blue Slug. Was intended to impact on thinner top decks of warships.

L = 10.75ft (3.3m), Ø = 0.9ft (0.28m), W = 1055lb (478Kg) R = 3.4miles (5.5Km) Warhead weight = 88lb (40kg)

Guided Weapon

Red Beard

Tactical nuclear weapon to OR.1127 in service 1962 - 1971.

Free-fall bomb. Euphemistically known as the 'Target Marker Bomb'. Carried by Scimitars and Buccaneers. Proposed as warhead for Green Cheese ASM.

Estimated yield - Mk1 15Kt, Mk2 25kt. L = 12ft (3.99m), Ø = 3ft (0.9m), W = 1750lb (794Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Red Brick

CW development radar for Bloodhound II by Ferranti.

Resulted in Indigo Corkscrew.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Cabbage

See Orange Poodle.

Experimental coherent phase integration radar to detect small targets in sea clutter.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Carpet

X-band jammer

Designed by RRE circa 1958.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Cat

Stand off weapon for V-force.

Not proceeded with. Cancelled 11/54. Led to Blue Steel.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Red Cheeks

Inertial-controlled bomb from 1950s.

Not proceeded with. Possibly related to Blue Steel development.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Red Dean

Vickers active AAM.

To OR.1105. With GEC X-band active seeker. Cancelled 6/56.

L = 16.1ft (4.9m), W = 1330lb (603Kg) R = 3.8miles (6.01Km)

Guided Weapon

Red Devil

Proposed bombing system.

Used Red Setter and Green Satin. Early 1950s. Not proceeded with.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Dragon

Aircraft repair and upgrade project.

Work undertaken at RAF St Athan by the Defence Aircraft Repair Agency.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Red Drover

SLAR as specified for OR.330.

To be fitted to the R.156T / OR.330 aircraft.

X-band

Radar / EW

Red Duster

Bloodhound I SAM.

Entered service with RAF.

L = 25.4ft (7.75m) S = 9.3ft (2.83m) Ø = 1.8ft (0.55m) W = 5000lb (2270Kg) R = 25miles (40Km)

Guided Weapon

Red Elsie

Ground bursting anti-personnel mine.

Developed in conjunction with Canada (called Elsie).

N/A

Miscellaneous

Red Flannel

Q band H2S.

Using long fixed aerials with narrow azimuth.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Fox

Re-packaged, export version of Blue Fox.

For non-Sea Harrier applications.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Garter

Tail warning device for V-bombers.

Not operational. Provided audio warning from tail warning radar. Replaced by Orange Putter.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Goddess

Colloquial name for modern fire engines used by the UK Military during the 2002 fire fighters strike.

See Green Goddess. Dreamed up by tabloid journalists to describe engines from Home Office training centres.

N/A

Miscellaneous

Red Hand

Early UK SAM studies.

Split into Red Heathen and Seaslug.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Red Hawk

Beam riding AAM with four wrap-around boosts.

OR.1056. "De-specced" to produce Pink Hawk and later, Blue Sky.

L = 8.5ft (2.59m) W = 420lb (191Kg) R = 1.1miles (1.83Km)

Guided Weapon

Red Heathen

Formerly called Great Triumph.

Early study for SAGW leading to Red Duster and Red Shoes.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Red Hebe

Vickers proposal for OR.1131

Continuous wave semi-active AAM to replace Red Dean. Intended for thin wing Javelin.

L = 17.5ft (5.33m), W = 1200lb (544Kg) R = 7.6miles (12.2Km)

Guided Weapon

Red Indian

Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery control radar.

Mounted on Bofors guns. Built by EMIED, but not put into production.

Range = 9.7miles (15.5km)

Radar / EW

Red Light

ECM system for V-bombers. Search - lock - jam X-band jammer.

Scanned the X-band for threats, locked on to signal and jammed. Intended for use by Handley Page Victor Mk.2 against AI radars. Entered service as ARI 18146.

X-band, 9GHz

Radar / EW

Red Neck

OR.3593 High-resolution radar reconnaissance system.

Was fitted underwing on Handley Page Victor but did not enter service.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Planet

Anti-tank rocket.

Circa 1957.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Red Queen

42mm anti-aircraft gun built by Oerlikon.

Twin barrelled, with a large "wagon wheel" magazine that made it capable of 450 rounds per minute. Cancelled in favour of Mauler and PT.428 missile systems.

N/A

Anti-Aircraft Gun

Red Rapier

Req. UB.109T. Vickers SP.2, Bristol 182 and Boulton Paul P.123 proposed.

Plastic unmanned bomb. See Blue Rapier. Cancelled 9/54.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Red Robin

CW radar for RAF Thunderbird II.

Red Brick in a static installation. RAF ordered Thunderbird II due to Bloodhound II poor performance.

N/A

Radar / EW

Red Rose

Surface to surface tactical missile.

Based on Thunderbird SAM. To be fitted with a nuclear warhead under development as Tony at AWRE. Became Blue Water. Cancelled August 1962.

L = 25ft (7.6m), W = 3000lb (1361Kg) R = 55miles (88.5Km)

Guided Weapon

Red Sea

Heavy anti-aircraft gun predictor.

Intended for Green Mace Heavy Anti-Aircraft gun. Abandoned due to time and cost.

N/A

Anti-Aircraft Gun

Red Setter

Experimental SLAR for V-bombers.

Interim to Red Drover q.v. To be used with Red Cheeks. Used a forerunner of the Yellow Aster recorder. High definition pictures, but limited range.

Operated on Q-band.

Radar / EW

Red Shoes

EEA Thunderbird I SAGW.

This was Stage 1 SAGW. Entered service with Army until 1966. Used pulsed radar. Replaced by Yellow Temple / Green Flax with CW radar.

L = 20.8ft (6.35m) S = 5.3ft (1.6m) Ø = 20.75in (52.7cm) R = 46miles (75Km)

Guided Weapon

Red Shrimp

Barrage noise jammer for long range detection radars.

ECM equipment for Avro Vulcan. Fitted on starboard engine nacelle and both nacelles of Blue Steel aircraft. ARI 18076 and ARI 18025.

Centimetric range, 2.5 – 3.5GHz

Radar / EW

Red Snow

Warhead for Blue Steel and Yellow Sun

Entered service. Based on US Mk.28 physics package.

Estimated yield 1 Mt

Nuclear Weapon

Red Steer

Rearward looking radar for V-bombers.

Replaced Orange Putter. Entered service as ARI 5952. Development of AI.20 Green Willow.

Used X-band.

Radar / EW

Red Top

AAM used on UK fighters e.g. Lightning.

Used until English Electric Lightning retired in 1988. Firestreak Mk 4.

L = 11.5ft (3.5m), W = 330lb (150Kg) R = 6.6miles (10.7Km)

Guided Weapon

Violet Banner

IR homing-eye for Red Top.

Entered service.

N/A

N/A

Violet Club

Interim Megaton Weapon. 1st operational UK H-bomb.

Designed pending the delivery of Yellow Sun. Used Green Grass physics package and Blue Danube casings.

Estimated yield - 0.5Mt, L = 24.1ft (7.37m) Ø = 5ft (1.51m) W = 11000lb (4991Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Violet Friend

ABM system project.

A proposal for a UK based ABM system using Blue Yeoman and FPS-16 radars. Used Stage 1½ SAGW. Cancelled 1960.

N/A

Guided Weapon

Violet Mist

Truck mounted nuclear landmine.

Used a Red Beard warhead. Cancelled 1961. Successor to Blue Peacock.

Estimated yield - 15Kt.

Nuclear Weapon

Violet Picture

Plessey UHF homing system.

Fitted to Westland Whirlwind, Hawker Hunter and De Havilland Sea Vixen.

N/A

Radar / EW

Violet Vision

Nuclear warhead.

Modified Red Beard for fitting to the Corporal SRBM in UK service.

Estimated yield - 15 - 25kt.

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Anvil

Atomic artillery shell.

Intended for Army use.

N/A

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Aster

Reconnaissance radar for Victor and Valiant. Interim to Red Neck.

H₂S Mk9. Blue Shadow with improved CRT/Photographic recorder. Fitted to RRF Victors 1958 - 61

Used the X-band.

Radar / EW

Yellow Barley

Passive radar warning receiver.

Tested on English Electric Canberra.

N/A

Radar / EW

Yellow Bunting

Mentioned in nuclear related files.

N/A

N/A

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Duckling

IR submarine detection system.

N/A

N/A

Miscellaneous

Yellow Feather

Homing system for Radar and IR missiles.

N/A

N/A

Guided weapon

Yellow Fever

Light AA gun radar.

Possibly used as TIR on early Red Shoes and Red Duster trials.

N/A

Radar / EW

Yellow Gate

ESM for Boeing E-3D Sentry, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.2 and R.1.

Loral 1101 system. May or may not be in the wingtip pods of the R.1 Entered service

N/A

Radar / EW

Yellow Jack

Radar element of Orange Pippin.

N/A

N/A

Radar / EW

Yellow Lemon

Doppler navigation equipment for Naval fighters.

Decca AI Mk.17, 1956.

N/A

Radar / EW

Yellow River

AMES Type 83 Fire Control radar, AA No3 Mk9.

Tracking and illumination radar for Stage 1 SAGW. Built by British Thompson Houston. Exported as Stingray.

Operated at 4 and 10GHz. Range = 51 miles (82km)

Radar / EW

Yellow Sand

Anti-ship missile.

Described as a homing bomb. Related to Green Cheese, possibly a precursor.

N/A

Guided weapon

Yellow Sun Stage 1

UK H-bomb equipping the V-force.

Used the Green Bamboo tamper boosted fission warhead

L = 20ft (6.09m), Ø = 4ft (1.21m), W = 7250lb (3289Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Sun Stage 2

UK H-bomb equipping the V-force.

Used a Green Granite fusion warhead.

Estimated yield - 400Kt, Mk2 1Mt. L = 20ft (6.09m), Ø = 4ft (1.21m), W = 7250lb (3289Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Sun Mk.1

UK H-bomb equipping the V-force.

Used a Green Grass physics package. Entered service in 1961.

Estimated yield - Mk1 500Kt, Mk2 1Mt. L = 20ft (6.09m), Ø = 4ft (1.21m), W = 7250lb (3289Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Sun Mk.2

UK H-bomb to meet OR.1136.

Mk.1 used green Grass physics package. Entered service in 1961 equipping the V-force.

Estimated yield - Mk1 500Kt, Mk2 1Mt. L = 20ft (6.09m), Ø = 4ft (1.21m), W = 7250lb (3289Kg)

Nuclear Weapon

Yellow Temple

English Electric Stage 1½ guided weapon. Red Shoes with CW radar. In service 1966 to 1976.

Originally called Green Flax then Yellow Temple then VR.725. Became English Electric Thunderbird II.

L = 20.8ft (6.35m) S = 5.3ft (1.6m) Ø = 20.75in (52.7cm) R = 46miles (75Km)

Guided Weapon

Yellow Tiger

Fire control radar.

For Red Shoes.

N/A

Radar / EW

Yellow Veil

Whittaker ALQ-167 jamming pod for Lynx.

Entered service.

N/A

Radar / EW