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vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hproduct" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="fn org"> Bloodhound Mk 1 </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg/300px-Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg/450px-Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg/600px-Bloodhound_SAM_at_the_RAF_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2490" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">A Bloodhound missile at the <a href="/wiki/RAF_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Museum">RAF Museum</a>, Hendon, London.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">Surface-to-air missile</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In service</th><td class="infobox-data">1958 (MK 1)/1964 (MK 2) – 1991</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data">See <i><a href="#Operators">operators</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Production history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Designed</th><td class="infobox-data">1950s</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data">Bristol Aeroplane Co.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> built</th><td class="infobox-data">783</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data">See <i><a href="#Variants">variants</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Specifications (MK 2)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">Overall: 2,270 <a href="/wiki/Kilogram" title="Kilogram">kg</a> (5,000 <a href="/wiki/Pound_(mass)" title="Pound (mass)">lb</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">Overall: 8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Diameter</th><td class="infobox-data">Main body 54.6 cm (1 ft 9.5 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wingspan</th><td class="infobox-data">Overall: 2.83 m (9 ft 3 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Warhead</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Continuous-rod_warhead" title="Continuous-rod warhead">Continuous-rod warhead</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Detonation<br />mechanism</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proximity_fuze" title="Proximity fuze">Proximity fuze</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Engine</th><td class="infobox-data">2× <a href="/wiki/Ramjet" title="Ramjet">Ramjets</a>, 4× <a href="/wiki/Solid_fuel" title="Solid fuel">solid fuel</a> <a href="/wiki/Booster_(rocketry)" title="Booster (rocketry)">boosters</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Operational<br />range</div></th><td class="infobox-data">52 km (32 mi) (MK 1)<br />190 km (120 mi) (MK2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Maximum speed of vehicle or missile">Maximum speed </span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach</a> 2.7</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Guidance<br />system</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Semi-active_radar_homing" title="Semi-active radar homing">Semi-active radar homing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Steering<br />system</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Control surfaces</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Launch<br />platform</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Fixed installation</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Bristol Bloodhound</b> is a British <a href="/wiki/Ramjet" title="Ramjet">ramjet</a> powered <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missile</a> developed during the 1950s. It served as the UK's main air defence weapon into the 1990s and was in large-scale service with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) and the forces of four other countries. </p><p>Part of sweeping changes to the UK's defence posture, the Bloodhound was intended to protect the RAF's <a href="/wiki/V_bomber" title="V bomber">V bomber</a> bases to preserve the <a href="/wiki/Deterrence_theory" title="Deterrence theory">deterrent</a> force from attacking bombers that made it past the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">Lightning interceptor force</a>. Bloodhound Mk. I entered service in December 1958, the first British guided weapon to enter full operational service. This was part of Stage 1 upgrades to the defensive systems, in the later Stage 2, both Bloodhound and the fighters would be replaced by a longer-range missile code named <a href="/wiki/Blue_Envoy" title="Blue Envoy">Blue Envoy</a>. When this was ultimately cancelled in 1957, parts of its design were worked into Bloodhound Mk. II, roughly doubling the range of the missile. The Mk. I began to be replaced by the Mk. II starting in 1964. Mk. II performance was such that it was also selected as the interceptor missile in the <a href="/wiki/Violet_Friend" title="Violet Friend">Violet Friend</a> ABM system, although this was ultimately cancelled. </p><p>The Bloodhound Mk. II was a relatively advanced missile for its era, roughly comparable to the US's <a href="/wiki/MIM-14_Nike_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="MIM-14 Nike Hercules">Nike Hercules</a> in terms of range and performance, but using an advanced <a href="/wiki/Continuous-wave_radar" title="Continuous-wave radar">continuous-wave</a> <a href="/wiki/Semi-active_radar_homing" title="Semi-active radar homing">semi-active radar homing</a> system, offering excellent performance against <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasure" title="Electronic countermeasure">electronic countermeasures</a> and low-altitude targets. It also featured a digital computer for <a href="/wiki/Fire-control_system" title="Fire-control system">fire control</a> that was also used for readiness checks and various calculations. It was a relatively large missile, which limited it to stationary defensive roles similar to the Hercules or the Soviets' <a href="/wiki/S-25_Berkut" title="S-25 Berkut">S-25 Berkut</a>, although Sweden operated its Bloodhounds in a semi-mobile form. </p><p>Bloodhound shares much in common with the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Thunderbird" class="mw-redirect" title="English Electric Thunderbird">English Electric Thunderbird</a>, including some of the <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> systems and guidance features. Thunderbird was smaller and much more mobile, seeing service with the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> and several other forces. The two missiles served in tandem for some time, until the shorter-range role of the Thunderbird was replaced by the much smaller and fast-acting <a href="/wiki/Rapier_(missile)" title="Rapier (missile)">BAC Rapier</a> starting in 1971. Bloodhound's longer range kept it in service until the threat of bomber attack by the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> was deemed to have disappeared with the dissolution of the union in 1991.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The last Mk. II missile squadron stood down in July 1991, although Swiss examples remained operational until 1999. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_SAM_development">Early SAM development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early SAM development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the late stages of World War II, the British armed forces began the development of <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missiles</a> (SAMs), or as they became known in the UK, surface-to-air guided weapons (SAGW). The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> was primarily interested in weapons to counteract <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> bombers dropping <a href="/wiki/Glide_bomb" title="Glide bomb">glide bombs</a>, which had been used with great effectiveness during the invasion of <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, and looking toward countering the <a href="/wiki/Kamikaze" title="Kamikaze">kamikaze</a> threat in the Pacific. The <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> was interested in a longer-ranged system to supplant or even replace their <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft artillery">anti-aircraft artillery</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> was largely uninterested at this point, and put their effort into <a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">air-to-air missiles</a>. </p><p>From these different needs, two experimental SAGW systems emerged, the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Stooge" title="Fairey Stooge">Fairey Stooge</a> and Army's <a href="/wiki/Brakemine" title="Brakemine">Brakemine</a>. Stooge was a low-performance system, more of a <a href="/wiki/Drone_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Drone aircraft">drone aircraft</a> than a missile, which had to be manually guided in front of approaching aircraft using <a href="/wiki/Radio_control" title="Radio control">radio control</a> and then detonated by the operator. This limited it to daytime visual range and good weather, neither of which was satisfying. In contrast to Stooge, Brakemine was a more modern concept. While it offered only marginally better range than Stooge, its <a href="/wiki/Beam_riding" title="Beam riding">beam riding</a> guidance was highly automated and allowed the missile to fly directly at its targets at high speed in any conditions, day or night. </p><p>Looking to the future, the Navy saw a need to counter jet-powered aircraft, demanding a much higher-performance system. In 1944, the Navy formed the "Guided Anti-Aircraft Projectile Committee", or GAP Committee, to consider such a design. The GAP team suggested combining the Navy's new Type 909 radar with a new missile to produce a Brakemine-like system but with considerably higher accuracy and much longer range. This was initially known as <a href="/wiki/LOPGAP" class="mw-redirect" title="LOPGAP">LOPGAP</a>, for Liquid-Oxygen and Petrol, the proposed fuel. </p><p>In January 1947, the new Navy design was given the name Seaslug. Around the same time, an effort was underway to centralise all guided missile development at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Establishment" title="Royal Aircraft Establishment">Royal Aircraft Establishment</a>'s (RAE) new Guided Weapons Department. They took over LOPGAP development from the Navy, as well as using up most existing Stooge and Brakemine systems to gain familiarity with the needs of missile testing. They also issued a requirement for the Army and Air Force for a very long-range weapon to protect important installations like airfields and cities. This became the "Red Heathen" concept, with a desired range on the order of 100,000 yards (91 km). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Seaslug_and_Red_Heathen">Seaslug and Red Heathen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Seaslug and Red Heathen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a review of the RAE's work by the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Research_Policy_Committee" title="Defence Research Policy Committee">Defence Research Policy Committee</a> (DRPC) in March 1948, a lack of manpower at the RAE was a serious issue and Seaslug was downgraded in importance in favour of Red Heathen. Around the same time, the Army began to express doubts about the Red Heathen as it became clear that the <a href="/wiki/Beam_riding" title="Beam riding">beam riding</a> guidance systems of the early experimental missiles did not work at long range.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They suggested Seaslug might be a good interim development. </p><p>After considerable debate, in September 1948 Seaslug was restarted as "insurance" against problems in Red Heathen, and in 1949, moved to "top priority". A development contract was signed with <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth" title="Armstrong Whitworth">Armstrong Whitworth</a> lead development, and the Project 502 industry group was organized in 1949 to produce it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETwigge199328_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETwigge199328-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The DRPC suggested downgrading Red Heathen to use a missile with performance roughly equal to Seaslug, but replacing its guidance with a <a href="/wiki/Semi-active_radar_homing" title="Semi-active radar homing">semi-active radar homing</a> system which was more suitable for development of a long-range system in the future. English Electric continued development of this "new" Red Heathen. Later, looking for a second approach to the requirement, using a <a href="/wiki/Ramjet" title="Ramjet">ramjet</a> instead of a rocket motor, the RAE approached <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland" title="De Havilland">de Havilland</a>, but they declined due to workload. The RAE then turned to <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Aerospace" title="Bristol Aerospace">Bristol Aerospace</a>, signing an agreement late in 1949 for "Red Duster",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETwigge199317_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETwigge199317-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which Bristol referred to as "Project 1220".<sup id="cite_ref-bloodhound_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloodhound-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Armstrong, Bristol and EE were now all working on different approaches to the same basic requirement. <a href="/wiki/Ferranti" title="Ferranti">Ferranti</a> was brought on to begin development of the new radars and guidance systems.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETwigge199317_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETwigge199317-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before long, the two Red Heathen entries began to diverge, and the two designs were given their own rainbow codes; EE's design became "Red Shoes",<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Bristol's became "Red Duster".<sup id="cite_ref-bloodhound_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloodhound-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bristol's efforts were fairly similar to EE's in most ways, although it was somewhat less mobile while offering somewhat better range.<sup id="cite_ref-bloodhound_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloodhound-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Stage_Plan">The Stage Plan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Stage Plan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the end of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, UK air defences were run down, on the assumption that it would be at least a decade before another war started. However, the <a href="/wiki/RDS-1" title="RDS-1">Soviet atomic bomb test of 1949</a> forced a re-evaluation of that policy, and UK defence planners started studying the problems of building a more integrated air defence network than the patchwork of WWII expediencies. </p><p>The Cherry Report called for a reorganisation of existing radars under the <a href="/wiki/ROTOR" title="ROTOR">ROTOR</a> project along with new control centres to better coordinate fighters and anti-aircraft guns. This was strictly a stop-gap measure however; over the longer term there would be a requirement for deployment of new long-range radars in place of the <a href="/wiki/Chain_Home" title="Chain Home">Chain Home</a> systems from the war, construction of command and control sites able to survive a nuclear attack, <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptors</a> of ever-increasing performance, and anti-aircraft missiles and guns to provide a last-ditch defence. </p><p>The missile portion was the newest and least understood technology. In order to deploy quickly and gain experience with these systems, the "Stage Plan" was developed. "Stage 1" called for missiles based on a LOPGAP/Seaslug-type missile with a range of only 20 miles with capabilities against subsonic or low-supersonic attacking aircraft, which were assumed to be at medium or high altitudes. The original long-range Red Heathen concept then became Stage 2, aiming to replace the Stage 1 design in the 1960s<sup id="cite_ref-stages_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stages-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Stage 1 missile would be based on LOPGAP.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1965101_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1965101-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The RAE suggested the use of a ramjet for power as it offered better <a href="/wiki/Fuel_efficiency" title="Fuel efficiency">fuel economy</a>. Bristol had only passing experience with this engine design, so they began a long series of tests to develop it. As the ramjet only operates effectively at high speeds over <a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach 1</a>, Bristol built a series of testbed airframes to flight-test the engines. The first, JTV-1,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> resembled a flying <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedo</a> with the ramjets fitted to the end of the cruciform rear fins. Early problems were ironed out and the JTV series was the first British ramjet powered aircraft to operate continually at <a href="/wiki/Supersonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Supersonic">supersonic</a> speeds.<sup id="cite_ref-s431_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s431-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Once the JTV testing started to proceed, Bristol studied a series of airframe designs. The first was a long tube with an intake at the front, and four <a href="/wiki/Delta_wing" title="Delta wing">delta-shaped fins</a> arranged near the front of the fuselage. The intake and wings give it some resemblance to the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">English Electric Lightning</a>, albeit with a long tube sticking out of the aft end. This arrangement left little internal room for fuel or guidance, as the tube ran down the centre of the entire fuselage. A second design was similar, but used mid-mounted fins of reverse-delta shape (flat at the front) with small intakes at their roots. The performance of these intakes was not well understood, and considered risky. The final design was essentially a small aircraft, with mid-set <a href="/wiki/Trapezoidal_wing" title="Trapezoidal wing">trapezoidal wings</a> and four small <a href="/wiki/Swept_wing" title="Swept wing">swept wing</a> fins at the extreme rear. In this version, two engines were mounted on the wing tips, similar to the mounting used on the JTV series and thus better understood.<sup id="cite_ref-s431_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s431-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>One unique feature of the new design was the aerodynamic control system known as "twist and steer". Typical large missile designs use control surfaces at the tail mounted in-line with symmetric wings mounted near the fuselage midpoint. The control surfaces tilt the missile relative to its direction of travel, causing the wings to become non-symmetrical relative the airflow, generating lift that turns the missile. Bristol was concerned that the angles needed to generate the required lift using this method would be too great for the engines intakes to deal with, so it adopted the twist and steer system, first experimented with on the war-era <a href="/wiki/Brakemine" title="Brakemine">Brakemine</a> project. </p><p>In this system the four cropped-delta surfaces at the tail were fixed and used only for stability, not control. Directional control was provided though two large mid-mounted wings which could be rotated independently to large angles. The guidance system rotated the wings in opposite directions to roll the missile until the wings were perpendicular to the target, and then rotated them in the same direction to provide lift in the required direction. This meant that the wings could be rotated to the angles required to generate large amounts of lift, without rotating the missile body itself. This kept airflow in the direction of the missile body, and thus the engine intakes, as well as greatly reducing the drag caused by the tilting of the fuselage across the relative wind. The long, thin fuselage offered very low rotational inertia, conferring excellent homing performance in the last few seconds. The engines were mounted above and below these wings on short extensions.<sup id="cite_ref-s434_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s434-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the initial designs, a single very large solid fuel booster launched the missile off its launcher and powered it to speeds where the ramjets could take over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flight_testing">Flight testing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flight testing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1952 the design was accepted by the Combined United Kingdom/Australia Committee for Trials. A prototype of the new layout was built and flown in <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> as the <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span>-scale XTV-1, powered by three 5-inch boosters strapped together. This demonstrated that the overall length with the booster attached would be a significant problem in the field. In response, the original booster was re-designed as a series of four smaller rockets designed to "wrap around" the missile fuselage. This layout was tested on the <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac"><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">3</span></span> scale XTV-2, the full-sized but unpowered XTV-3 that tested the new boosters, and finally the full-sized and powered XTV-4. The final modification, first tested on the XTV-3, was to replace the four rear fins with two larger ones, which allowed the four booster motors to be mounted on a common ring, ensuring they separated in different directions. This resulted in the definitive XTV-5.<sup id="cite_ref-s434_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s434-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the design matured, the engine requirements were finalised. The resulting <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Thor" title="Bristol Thor">Bristol Thor</a> was originally designed in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>, which had extensive experience with the similar engines of the <a href="/wiki/BOMARC_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="BOMARC missile">BOMARC missile</a>. Testing of the prototype production versions, known as XRD (eXperimental Red Duster), moved to the <a href="/wiki/Woomera_Prohibited_Area" class="mw-redirect" title="Woomera Prohibited Area">Woomera range</a> in South Australia in mid-1953. These proved very disappointing due to ramjet problems, which were traced to the use of a flare as an ignition source inside the engine. This was replaced with an igniter design provided by the <a href="/wiki/National_Gas_Turbine_Establishment" title="National Gas Turbine Establishment">National Gas Turbine Establishment</a> and the problems were quickly sorted out. Firings against <a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">GAF Jindivik</a> target aircraft started in 1956,<sup id="cite_ref-bloodhound_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloodhound-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and eventually 500 tests of all of the designs were completed before it entered service.<sup id="cite_ref-s435_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s435-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Guidance was semi-automatic, with the targets initially identified by existing early warning radar sites and then handed off to the Bloodhound sites for local detection and attack. This was handled by the truck-mounted Type 83 "Yellow River" pulse radar system that could be fairly easily jammed and was vulnerable to ground "clutter", thus degrading low-level capability. </p><p>By the time Bloodhound was ready for deployment, the solid-fuelled Red Shoes, now known as the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Thunderbird" class="mw-redirect" title="English Electric Thunderbird">English Electric Thunderbird</a>, was proving successful and the British Army dropped its orders for the Bloodhound in favour of the Thunderbird. The Bloodhound Mk 1 entered British service in 1958, and was selected for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) in November of that year. Deployment of the <b>Bloodhound Mk. I</b> began in 1958, initially to provide protection for the RAF's <a href="/wiki/V_bomber" title="V bomber">V bomber</a> bases. Australian deployments started in January 1961. </p><p>Although the Bloodhound was successful technically, Government auditors found that Ferranti had made far larger profits than projected from the Bloodhound I contract. Sir John Lang chaired an inquiry into the matter. Ferranti Chairman, Sebastian de Ferranti, agreed to pay back £4.25 million to the government in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mark_II">Mark II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Mark II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output 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style="top:58.285%;left:75.912%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wyton" title="Bloodhound (missile)"><img alt="Bloodhound (missile)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:61.952%;left:88.069%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/RAF_Wattisham" title="Bloodhound (missile)"><img alt="Bloodhound (missile)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" 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data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Mk. 1 site; <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Mk. 2 site; <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_pog.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/8px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/16px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></a></span> Both</div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg/220px-Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg/330px-Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg/440px-Bloodhound_SAMs_Reforger82.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1890" data-file-height="2820" /></a><figcaption>Bloodhound Mk II missiles deployed to Germany for exercise REFORGER '82.</figcaption></figure> <p>By 1955 it appeared that the Stage 2 missile, originally known as Green Sparkler but now as <a href="/wiki/Blue_Envoy" title="Blue Envoy">Blue Envoy</a>, was too far beyond the <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_art" title="State of the art">state of the art</a> to be able to enter service before the Thunderbird and Bloodhound became obsolete. However, the much improved <a href="/wiki/Continuous_wave_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuous wave radar">continuous wave radar</a> systems being developed for the same project were progressing well. In order to address the performance gap due to the delays, interim (or vulgar) Stages were added to the Stage plan. "Stage <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span>" combined a slightly upgraded Thunderbird with radar technology from Blue Envoy, while "Stage <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027"><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">4</span></span>" would do the same to Bloodhound.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1957 the entire Stage concept was abandoned as part of the <a href="/wiki/1957_Defence_White_Paper" title="1957 Defence White Paper">1957 Defence White Paper</a>. The Paper argued that the Soviets would move their strategic forces to ballistic missiles and that the likelihood of an air attack solely by bombers would be increasingly unlikely. An attack by bombers would simply signal that missiles were also on their way. In this case, defending the V bombers against air attack did nothing; the only way they could survive would be to launch to holding areas on any suggestion of any sort of attack. In this case, there was no point trying to defend the bomber bases, and Blue Envoy was not needed. </p><p>Its cancellation caught Bristol by surprise, and their missile division, Bristol Dynamics, had no other projects to fall back on. Bristol engineers sharing a taxi with their Ferranti counterparts hatched a new plan to adopt the Blue Envoy ramjets and radars to a lengthened Bloodhound, and submitted this for study. The proposal was accepted, producing the <b>Bloodhound Mk. II</b>. </p><p>The Mk. II featured a more powerful Thor engine based on changes investigated in Blue Envoy. The increased power allowed the weights to increased, and to take advantage of this the fuselage was stretched to allow more fuel storage. These changes dramatically extended range from about 35 to 80 kilometres (22 to 50 mi), pushing the practical engagement distance out to about 50 kilometres (31 mi) (although detected at a longer range, the missile takes time to travel to its target, during which the target approaches the base).<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mk. II was guided by either the Ferranti Type 86 "Firelight" radar for mobile use, or the larger fixed-emplacement <a href="/wiki/Marconi_Company" title="Marconi Company">Marconi</a> Type 87 "Scorpion". In addition to its own illumination and tracking antennas, the Scorpion also added one of the receiver antennas out of a Bloodhound missile body onto the same antenna framework. This antenna was used to determine what the missile's own receiver was seeing, which was used for jamming detection and assessment. The new radars eliminated problems with ground reflections, allowing the missile to be fired at any visible target, no matter how close to the ground. Combined with the new engines, the Mk. II had an extended altitude performance between 150 and 65,000 feet (46 and 19,812 m). </p><p>The use of a CW radar presented a problem for the semi-automatic guidance system. Continuous wave radar systems rely on the <a href="/wiki/Doppler_effect" title="Doppler effect">Doppler effect</a> to detect moving targets, comparing returned signals to the radar signal being broadcast, and looking for any shift in frequency. However, in the Bloodhound's case the missile was moving away from the reference signal as fast, or faster, than the target would be approaching it. The missile would need to know the velocity of the target as well as its own airspeed in order to know what frequency to look for. But this information was known only to the radar station on the ground, since the missile did not broadcast any signals of its own. </p><p>To solve this problem, the radar site also broadcast an omnidirectional reference signal that was shifted to the frequency that the missile's receiver should be looking for, taking into account both the target and missile speed. Thus the missile only had to compare the signal from its nose-mounted receiver with the signal from the launch site, greatly simplifying the electronics.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many of the calculations of lead, frequency shifting, and pointing angles for the radars were handled by the custom-built <a href="/wiki/Ferranti_Argus" title="Ferranti Argus">Ferranti Argus</a> computer. This machine would later go on to be a successful <a href="/wiki/Real-time_computing" title="Real-time computing">industrial control computer</a> which was sold all over Europe for a wide variety of roles.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mk. II started tests in 1963 and entered RAF service in 1964. Unlike the Mk. I that had limited performance advantages compared to the Thunderbird, the Mk. II was a much more formidable weapon, with capabilities against Mach 2 aircraft at high altitudes. Several new Bloodhound bases were set up for the Mk. II, and some of the Mk. I bases were updated to host the Mk. II. </p><p>There was an export version planned, Bloodhound 21, that had less sophisticated <a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">electronic countermeasures</a> equipment.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_developments">Further developments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further developments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The planned Mk. III (also known as RO 166) was a nuclear warhead-equipped Mk. II with a longer range – around 75 miles (121 km) – achieved with improved ramjet engine and larger boosters. This was also to be the interceptor for the <a href="/wiki/Violet_Friend" title="Violet Friend">Violet Friend</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-ballistic_missile" title="Anti-ballistic missile">anti-ballistic missile</a> system, which added a <a href="/wiki/Radio_control" title="Radio control">radio control</a> link to allow the missile to be guided into the rough interception area while the enemy warhead was still too far away for the Type 86 radar to pick up. The project, one of several adaptations of existing British missiles to carry tactical nuclear devices, was cancelled in 1960. </p><p>The Mk. IV was a cancelled mobile version, based on Swedish Army field experience. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Basic_description">Basic description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Basic description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg/220px-Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg/330px-Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg/440px-Defe15-2399-figures-3-5-6-7.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1937" data-file-height="2720" /></a><figcaption>Before-and-after detonation of a K11A1 <a href="/wiki/Continuous_rod_warhead" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuous rod warhead">continuous rod warhead</a> intended for Bloodhound Mk.2</figcaption></figure> <p>The main missile is a long cylinder of magnesium frames and aluminium alloy skin with a prominent <a href="/wiki/Ogive" title="Ogive">ogive</a> nose cone at the front and some boat-tailing at the rear. Small aluminium-covered wooden cropped-delta wings are mounted midpoint, providing pitch and roll control by pivoting in unison or independently with additional steering provided by differential fuel feed to each of the ram jets. Two smaller rectangular fixed surfaces were mounted in-line with the main wings, almost at the rear of the missile.<sup id="cite_ref-s435_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s435-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The boost engines are held together as a single assembly by a metal ring at the rear of the missile. Each motor has a small hook on the ring as well as similar one at the front holding it to the missile body. After firing, when the thrust of the rockets falls below the thrust of the now-lit ramjets, the boosters slide rearward until the front hook disengages from the missile body. The boosters are then free to rotate around their attachment to the metal ring, and are designed to rotate outward, away from the fuselage. In action, they fold open like the petals on a flower, greatly increasing drag and pulling the entire four-booster assembly away from the missile body.<sup id="cite_ref-s436_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s436-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Small inlets on the roots of the stub wings holding the engines allow air into the missile body for two tasks. Two <a href="/wiki/Ram_air_turbine" title="Ram air turbine">ram air turbines</a> driving <a href="/wiki/Turbopump" title="Turbopump">turbopumps</a> generate hydraulic power for the wing control system, and a fuel pump that feeds the engines. Smaller inlet tubes provide ram air to pressurise the fuel tanks. <a href="/wiki/Kerosene" title="Kerosene">Kerosene</a> fuel is held in two large rubber bag tanks in bays either side of the wing bay where the wings are attached. Electrical power was provided by a <a href="/wiki/Molten_salt_battery" class="mw-redirect" title="Molten salt battery">molten salt battery</a>. At room temperature, this would be inert and suitable for long-term storage without degradation, but was heated to its working temperature by a <a href="/wiki/Pyrotechnic_heat_source" title="Pyrotechnic heat source">pyrotechnic heat source</a> ignited at launch.<sup id="cite_ref-s435_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-s435-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although in tests the Bloodhound had executed direct hits on target bombers flying at 50,000 feet (15,000 m),<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mark II production models, in common with many air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles of that period and after, had a proximity fuzed <a href="/wiki/Continuous_rod_warhead" class="mw-redirect" title="Continuous rod warhead">continuous rod warhead</a> (known as the K11A1) designed to destroy attacking aircraft without requiring a direct hit.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mk_I">Mk I</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Mk I"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Length : 7.7 m</li> <li>Launch Weight : 2,000 kg</li> <li>Warhead: 200 lb (91 kg), continuous-wave radar proximity fuse</li> <li>Range : 28 nmi (52 km; 32 mi)</li> <li>Max. Speed : Mach 2.2</li> <li>Propulsion <ul><li><i>Main</i> : 2× <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Thor" title="Bristol Thor">Bristol Thor</a> ramjet engines</li> <li><i>Booster</i> : 4× Gosling booster rockets</li> <li>Navigation systems were designed by Desmond Sheriff</li></ul></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:308px;max-width:308px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg/150px-Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg/225px-Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg/300px-Bloodhound_thor_arp_750pix.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="561" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">One of the two Bristol Thor ramjet engines of a Bloodhound missile</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG/150px-Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG/225px-Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG/300px-Bristol_THOR_Ramjet_engine.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Manufacturer tag of Bristol Thor found near the exhaust end of the Thor ramjet engine</div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mk_II">Mk II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Mk II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Length : 8.45 m</li> <li>Launch Weight :</li> <li>Warhead : 395 lb (179 kg), pulse radar proximity fuse</li> <li>Range : 100 nmi (190 km; 120 mi)</li> <li>Max. Speed : Mach 2.7</li> <li>Propulsion <ul><li><i>Main</i> : 2× <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Thor" title="Bristol Thor">Thor</a> ramjet engines (Improved)</li> <li><i>Booster</i> : 4× Gosling booster rockets</li></ul></li></ul> <p>The acceleration of the Mk. II can be gauged from the data on an information board at the now closed <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Aeroplane_Company" title="Bristol Aeroplane Company">Bristol Aeroplane Company</a> Museum at <a href="/wiki/Kemble_Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Kemble Airfield">Kemble Airfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kemble,_Gloucestershire" title="Kemble, Gloucestershire">Kemble, Gloucestershire</a>, where a complete Bloodhound could be seen, since moved to <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Bristol" title="Aerospace Bristol">Aerospace Bristol</a>. The Mark of Bloodhound this data refers to is not given but is presumably<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> the Mark II since the top speed of the Mk. I is Mach 2.2: "By the time the missile has just cleared the launcher it is doing 400 mph. By the time the missile is 25 feet from the launcher it has reached the speed of sound (around 720 mph). Three seconds after launch, as the four boost rockets fall away, it has reached Mach 2.5 which is roughly 1,800 mph" </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mk_III">Mk III</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Mk III"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The planned Mk III (also known as RO 166) was a Mark II with 6 <a href="/wiki/Kiloton" class="mw-redirect" title="Kiloton">kiloton</a> nuclear warhead and a range of around 125 mi (201 km) achieved with an improved ramjet engine and bigger boosters. The project, one of several adaptations of existing British missiles to carry tactical nuclear devices, was cancelled in 1960. There is evidence that the intention was to "poison" the warheads of nuclear weapons carried by an attacking force via the neutron flux emitted by the warhead.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mk_IV">Mk IV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Mk IV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This would have been a mobile version of Bloodhound. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 30 Squadron RAAF">No. 30 Squadron RAAF</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/45px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></dt> <dd>60 units supplied by <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Selth,_Andrew_2002_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Selth,_Andrew_2002-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IISS_The_Military_Balance_2007_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IISS_The_Military_Balance_2007-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force" title="Republic of Singapore Air Force">Republic of Singapore Air Force</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=170_Squadron,_Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="170 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force (page does not exist)">170 Squadron, Republic of Singapore Air Force</a> (Mk II)</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swedish_Air_Force" title="Swedish Air Force">Swedish Air Force</a> <ul><li><b>Rb 65</b>: Swedish military designation of Mk I</li> <li><b>Rb 68</b>: Swedish military designation of Mk II</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Svea_Air_Corps" title="Svea Air Corps">Svea Wing</a> (F 8) in Barkarby had two missile squadrons with Rb 68</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scania_Wing" title="Scania Wing">Scania Wing</a> (F 10) in Ängelholm had one missile squadron with Rb 68</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalmar_Wing" title="Kalmar Wing">Kalmar Wing</a> (F 12) in Kalmar had one missile squadron with Rb 68</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A5valla_Wing" title="Bråvalla Wing">Bråvalla Wing</a> (F 13) in Norrköping had one missile squadron with Rb 68</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blekinge_Wing" title="Blekinge Wing">Blekinge Wing</a> (F 17) in Ronneby had one missile squadron with Rb 68</li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._62_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 62 Squadron RAF">No. 62 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._65_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 65 Squadron RAF">No. 65 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._85_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 85 Squadron RAF">No. 85 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._94_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 94 Squadron RAF">No. 94 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._112_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 112 Squadron RAF">No. 112 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I) and (Mk II)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._141_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 141 Squadron RAF">No. 141 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._222_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 222 Squadron RAF">No. 222 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._242_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 242 Squadron RAF">No. 242 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No._247_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 247 Squadron RAF">No. 247 Squadron RAF</a> (Mk I)</li> <li><a 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Darwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Museum" title="RAAF Museum">RAAF Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Point_Cook,_Victoria" title="Point Cook, Victoria">Point Cook, Victoria</a></li> <li>Queensland Air Museum, <a href="/wiki/Caloundra_Airport" title="Caloundra Airport">Caloundra Airport</a>, Caloundra, Queensland<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>Germany</dt></dl> <ul><li>Royal Air Force (RAF) Museum Laarbruch. <a href="/wiki/Weeze" title="Weeze">Weeze</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Singapore</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Air_Force_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum">Republic of Singapore Air Force Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paya_Lebar_Air_Base" title="Paya Lebar Air Base">Paya Lebar Air Base</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Sweden</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.robotmuseum.se/">Arboga Missile Museum</a></li> <li>Ängelholms Flygmuseum. <a href="/wiki/%C3%84ngelholm" title="Ängelholm">Ängelholm</a></li> <li>Norrtäljes Luftvärnsmuseum <a href="/wiki/Norrt%C3%A4lje" title="Norrtälje">Norrtälje</a> Bloodhound Mk1</li></ul> <dl><dt>Switzerland</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flieger-Flab-Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Flieger-Flab-Museum">Flieger-Flab-Museum</a>. <a href="/wiki/D%C3%BCbendorf" title="Dübendorf">Dübendorf</a></li> <li>Historical Bloodhound unit as Museum of the Militärhistorische Stiftung des Kantons Zug in <a href="/wiki/Menzingen" title="Menzingen">Menzingen</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torny" title="Torny">Torny</a> barracks, an ex Bloodhound launch site.</li></ul> <dl><dt>United Kingdom</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Bristol" title="Aerospace Bristol">Aerospace Bristol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Industrial_Museum" title="Bristol Industrial Museum">Bristol Industrial Museum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bristol_Thor" title="Bristol Thor">Bristol Thor</a> engine components)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum_Duxford" title="Imperial War Museum Duxford">Imperial War Museum Duxford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muckleburgh_Collection" title="Muckleburgh Collection">Muckleburgh Collection</a>, <a href="/wiki/Weybourne,_Norfolk" title="Weybourne, Norfolk">Weybourne, Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Suffolk_Aviation_Museum" title="Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum">Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flixton,_The_Saints" title="Flixton, The Saints">Flixton, Suffolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_East_Aircraft_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="North East Aircraft Museum">North East Aircraft Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAF_Usworth" title="RAF Usworth">Sunderland Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAF_Abingdon" title="RAF Abingdon">RAF Abingdon</a>, <a 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mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Thunderbird" class="mw-redirect" title="English Electric Thunderbird">English Electric Thunderbird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rainbow_Codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Rainbow Codes">List of Rainbow Codes</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bloodhound_(missile)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Beam riding missiles have the disadvantage of not being able to "lead" their target unless a second radar beam is used, as in <a href="/wiki/Nike_Ajax" class="mw-redirect" title="Nike Ajax">Nike Ajax</a>. They also have the problem that radar signals spread out with increasing distance, making the missile increasingly inaccurate at longer ranges. 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