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    The Avro Blue Steel was a British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, built to arm the V bomber force. It allowed the bomber...
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  • Look up steel blue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blue Steel or blue steel may refer to: Blue steel, a tempering color of steel Bluing (steel), a process...
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    electronic countermeasures, and many were modified to accept the Blue Steel missile. As a part of the V-force, the Vulcan was the backbone of the United...
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    bomber force changed to low-level attack methods. Additionally the Blue Steel missile profile was changed to one of low level penetration and release. This...
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    version of KUZGUN, specifically designed for UAVs. Blue Steel missile Brimstone missile Green Cheese missile (canceled in 1956) ALARM Storm Shadow BAe Sea...
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    the target. Developed under the rainbow code "Blue Jay", Firestreak was the third heat-seeking missile to enter service, after the US AIM-4 Falcon and...
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  • Avro (section Missiles)
    Canada PV-704 (built as engine test model only) Avro Canada TS-140 Blue Steel missile Avro also built motor vehicles in the immediate post-World War 1 era...
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  • Kormoran (Germany) Astra BVRAAM (India) Barq (Pakistan) BGM-71 TOW (USA) Blue Steel missile (UK) Fairey Fireflash (UK) Fairey Firestreak (UK) FIM-92 Stinger (ATAS...
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  • Woomera, South Australia using HTP and kerosene fuel. The British Blue Steel missile, attached to Vulcan and Victor bombers, in the 1960s, was produced...
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    determined the 48 in (120 cm) diameter of both Yellow Sun and the Blue Steel missile. The launch of Sputnik 1 coincided with ongoing negotiations between...
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