A report on Seaslug (missile)
First-generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth for use by the Royal Navy.
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Surface-to-air missile
4 linksMissile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles.
Missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles.
A third design followed the American Bumblebee efforts in terms of role and timeline, and entered service in 1961 as the Sea Slug.
Bloodhound (missile)
4 linksBritish ramjet powered surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s.
British ramjet powered surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s.
This was initially known as LOPGAP, for Liquid-Oxygen and Petrol, the proposed fuel.
Thunderbird (missile)
4 linksBritish surface-to-air missile produced for the British Army.
British surface-to-air missile produced for the British Army.
From their work the LOPGAP experimental design emerged, short for "Liquid Oxygen and Petrol Guided Anti-aircraft Projectile".
Rainbow Code
4 linksThe Rainbow Codes were a series of code names used to disguise the nature of various British military research projects.
The Rainbow Codes were a series of code names used to disguise the nature of various British military research projects.
Blue Shield – see Armstrong Whitworth Sea Slug
Brakemine
2 linksEarly surface-to-air missile development project carried out in the United Kingdom during World War II.
Early surface-to-air missile development project carried out in the United Kingdom during World War II.
Although Brakemine would never be used in its original form, its use of the "twist-and-steer" guidance method would later be used on the more capable LOPGAP design, which, after major changes, emerged as the Bristol Bloodhound.
Blue Envoy
3 linksBritish project to develop a ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile.
British project to develop a ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile.
They started the New Guided Missile Program, or NIGS for short, to replace the existing Seaslug missile on the County-class destroyers with a missile of much higher performance and a fire control system and radar that could track multiple targets, similar to the modern Aegis Combat System.
Sea Dart
1 linksRoyal Navy surface-to-air missile system designed in the 1960s and entering service in 1973.
Royal Navy surface-to-air missile system designed in the 1960s and entering service in 1973.
Britain's first naval surface-to-air missile was GWS1 Seaslug, which entered service in 1963.
Fireflash
2 linksThe United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force.
The United Kingdom's first air-to-air guided missile to see service with the Royal Air Force.
In the immediately following period, a rationalized development program was laid out that called for the development of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) for the Royal Navy that became Seaslug, a similar SAM design for the British Army and Royal Air Force known by the code name "Red Heathen", the Blue Boar anti-shipping bomb, and ongoing development of Red Hawk.
Hawker Siddeley
2 linksGroup of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production.
Group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production.
Sea Slug – Armstrong Whitworth surface-to-air missile.
Ministry of Supply
1 linksDepartment of the UK government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply.
Department of the UK government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply.
As a result, secret weapon projects—including numerous nuclear weapons—were given lighthearted names such as Green Cheese, Blue Slug or Red Duster.