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The Development of Blue Steel*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

R. H. Francis
R. H. Francis*
Affiliation:
Advanced Projects Group, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Weapons Research Division, A. V. Roe and Company Ltd.
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Blue Steel is an air-surface missile carrying a thermonuclear warhead and intended to enable the V bombers to operate without going into areas in which they would be exposed to concentrated guided weapon attack. It has a canard configuration with small delta-shaped foreplanes for pitch control, a rear-mounted wing with inboard ailerons and a pair of fins of which the upper carries a yaw damper; the lower fin folds sideways to give sufficient ground clearance when the missile is installed on the aircraft (Fig. 1). Its exact performance cannot yet be stated but it is the largest of the British Missiles to get into Service.

Type
Astronautics and Guided Night Section
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 68 , Issue 641 , May 1964 , pp. 303 - 322
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1964

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Footnotes

*

The 53rd Lecture to be given before the Astronautics and Guided Flight Section of the Society—on 6th November 1963.

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* The 53rd Lecture to be given before the Astronautics and Guided Flight Section of the Society—on 6th November 1963.