Blue Envoy

Blue Envoy
Type SAM
Place of origin United Kingdom
Service history
In service Never entered service
Production history
Designed 1950s
Manufacturer Bristol Aeroplane Co.
Specifications
Warhead Continuous-rod warhead
Detonation
mechanism
Proximity fuse

Engine 2× Bristol BRJ.811 ramjets, 4× Borzoi solid fuel boosters
Operational
range
150 miles[1]
Speed Mach 3[2]
Guidance
system
Semi-active radar homing
Launch
platform
Fixed installation

Blue Envoy (a Rainbow code name) was a British project to develop a ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile during the 1950s. It was cancelled in April 1957. The guidance system and the ramjet designs were used to upgrade the Bloodhound Mk 1 missile design to produce the Bloodhound Mk 2.

References

  1. "Bristol Blue Envoy". Skomer. Archived from the original on 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
  2. "Blue Envoy". This is Rocket Science. Retrieved 2012-09-28.


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