Blue Boar (bomb)

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]

Blue Boar
TypeGuided glider bomb
Place of originUK
Production history
ManufacturerVickers
Specifications
Mass1,000 lb (450 kg)-10,000 lb (4,500 kg)[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. Roy Dommett. "The Blue Streak Weapon" (PDF). British Rocketry Oral History Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  2. "Blue Boar Air-to-Surface missile". Skomer. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  3. "Project Cancelled". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 15 September 2012.
  • Forbat, John (2006). "3: Blue Boar Guided Gliding Bomb". Vickers Guided Weapons. Tempus Publishing. pp. 45–64. ISBN 0-7524-3769-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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