British Aerospace SRAAM
As a result of the Vietnam War, which highlighted the need for positive visual identification of targets before missile launch, a new need for a Short Range …
Collection: Missiles
British Aircraft Corporation Bloodhound
The development of the Bloodhound Mk2 surface-to-air missile (SAM) began in 1958, with the aim of improving the performance of the already successful Mk1 version. The development …
British Aircraft Corporation Swingfire
Swingfire is an anti-tank missile which owes its development to the Vigilant and Orange William projects. It was in 1960 that Swingfire was produced using Thrust Vectored …
British Aircraft Corporation Thunderbird
During World War II, a British SAM programme was established with the system known as Brankemine. Although the missile programme was inadequately funded, the first test firing …
Douglas Thor
In 1955 the USAF started to develop an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The project, designated 315A, was given top priority. In December 1955, the Douglas Aircraft …
Douglas XGAM87 Skybolt
In 1958 several US contractors demonstrated to the USAF that large ballistic vehicles could be launched from strategic bombers at high altitude. The contractors argued that this …
Engins Matra AS37 AR Martel
The Martel AS37 air-to-surface missile is an anti-radar missile produced jointly by Britain and France. The solid-fuelled rocket, made by Engins Matra, uses aerodynamic control to home …
Fairey Fireflash
The Fireflash Air-to-Air Missile project started in 1949 as the ‘Blue Sky’ project. The missile had a strikingly unusual configuration that has yet to be repeated. The …
Fairey Separation Test Vehicle (STV)
The Fairey STV was developed in 1950 to test solid booster separation mechanisms for the Fairey Fireflash air-to air guided missile. The vehicle used an inert body …
Fieseler Fi 103 (V1)
The V1 (Vergeltungswaffe or Vengeance Weapon 1) was devised as a flying bomb as early as 1935, but because of design problems, progress was slow and little …
German Army V2 (Assembly 4)
Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 Germany was forbidden to manufacture heavy artillery. This ban forced the German Army to consider the use …
Hai Ying 2G Seersucker
This Seersucker missile was recovered from Umm Qasar in Southern Iraq by RAF officers after the Gulf War. A missile of this type was fired at Royal …
Australian Government Aircraft Factories Malkara
This Australian anti-tank missile was developed in 1951, following up on German wartime research especially in wire-guidance. The Australian Government supported the development with assistance from the …
Blohm und Voss BV246 Hagelkorn (Hailstone) – Glide Bomb Missile
This ‘glide bomb’ was developed to improve the bombing accuracy of the Luftwaffe, who required a stabilised glide bomb with a Radio Command Link, (RCL) that could …
British Aerospace Dynamics Sea Skua
This Air-to-Surface Missile uses a semi-active radar homing guidance system and its first application was aboard the Lynx helicopter using the Ferranti Seaspray radar illuminator. The Lynx …