Blue Boar (bomb)

Blue Boar
Type Guided glider bomb
Place of origin UK
Production history
Manufacturer Vickers
Specifications
Weight 1,000 lb (450 kg)-10,000 lb (4,500 kg) [1]

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]

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

  1. 1 2 Roy Dommett. "The Blue Streak Weapon" (PDF). British Rocketry Oral History Programme. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  2. ↑ "Blue Boar Air-to-Surface missile". Skomer. Archived from the original on 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Project Cancelled". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  • Forbat, John (2006). "3: Blue Boar Guided Gliding Bomb". Vickers Guided Weapons. Tempus Publishing. pp. 45–64. ISBN 0-7524-3769-0.
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