Red Beard

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Az Egyesült Királyság stratégiai nukleáris fegyverrendszerei
Launch platforms Missiles Warheads Bomb casings
V bomber force
(1955-1969)
Vickers Valiant • Avro Vulcan • Handley Page Victor Blue Steel • AGM-48 Skybolt (cancelled) Mk 1 Atom Bomb • Green Grass • Red Snow • WE.177B Blue Danube • Yellow Sun • WE.177B
Blue Streak
(cancelled 1960)
RAF Spadeadam (Missile launch facility) Blue Streak Ulysses -
Polaris
(1968-1996)
Resolution class submarine UGM-27 Polaris A3T and A3TK ET.317 • Chevaline upgrade -
Trident
(1994-2030s)
Vanguard class submarine UGM-133A Trident II D5 British Trident warhead -
Successor
(2028-2060s, subject to approval)
Dreadnought-class submarine UGM-133A Trident II D5 until at least the 2040s manufactured at the Atomic Weapons Establishment -
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Strategic nuclear weapon systems of the United Kingdom
V bomber force
(1955-1993)
Aircraft Vickers Valiant • Avro Vulcan • Handley Page Victor
missiles Blue Steel • Skybolt (cancelled)
bomb casings Blue Danube • Red Beard • Yellow Sun • WE.177
warheads Mk.1 atom bomb • Violet Club • Orange Herald • Green Bamboo • Green Grass • Red Snow • WE.177
Blue Streak
(1960, cancelled)
launch site Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Test Centre, RAF Spadeadam
warheads Ulysses
Polaris
(1968-1996)
Launch platform Resolution-class submarine
missiles Polaris A3T and A3TK
warheads ET.317 • Chevaline upgrade
Trident
(1994-present)
launch platforms Vanguard-class submarine (1994-present) • Dreadnought-class submarine (replacement)
missile Trident II D5
Other cancelled projects Blue Water missile • Blue Peacock nuclear landmine

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