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MBDA Sea Wolf missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6725

Inert full-scale replica of Sea Wolf short-range, point defence, ship borne surface-to-air missile. Cylindrical body with tapering nose, mid-section fins and aft control surfaces.

MBDA Sea Wolf missile | X003-6725, Royal Air Force Museum

Bristol Siddeley Stentor Mk. 101

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X002-6826

The Stentor powered the Blue Steel stand-off nuclear missile carried by the RAF’s V-bomber force from 1963-1970. It used hydrogen peroxide and kerosene to power the missile to around Mach 3 (around 2,220mph or 3,700km/h).

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De Havilland Double Spectre

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X001-2133

Liquid fuelled rocket motor, consisting of two de Havilland Spectre engines mounted one above the other.

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British Aircraft Corporation Thunderbird missile

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0054/O

Thunderbird was a surface to air missile used by the British Army. Entering service in 1959 it was designed to seek out targets at higher altitudes and ranges of around 50 kilometres (31 miles).

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Lockheed Polaris

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1996/0194/O

The British decision to acquire the Lockheed Polaris was announced in 1962 following the Nassau Agreement with the United States. Polaris was a submarine launched nuclear missile which had entered service in the US Navy in 1961.

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Remotec Wheelbarrow, Mk.7

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, X003-6797

The second half of the Cold War saw a major increase in urban terrorism. The Wheelbarrow is a remotely controlled bomb disposal vehicle designed to allow a detailed investigation of a suspect explosive device to take place while protecting the operator’s life.

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de Havilland Firestreak

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 85/O/1655

The Firestreak was the first British infrared-homing (heat-seeking) missile to be developed, and was carried by Lightnings and Javelins.

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Douglas XGAM-87 Skybolt

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1987/0048/O

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 alternative means of ballistic missile launch overcame the vulnerability of fixed silo launch sites. In response, the USAF requested specific Air Launched Ballistic Missile, (ALBM) design proposals. As a result, Douglas Aircraft received the prime contract to develop an ALBM, the project initially being known as GAM-87. In 1960 the project was renamed Skybolt and Douglas sub-contracted to Northrop, Aerojet and General Electric.

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GSh-6LP Helmet

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 1994/0718/U

Large white, domed shaped helmet with heated perspex face mask.

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Red Beard Nuclear Weapon

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Four, 74/O/119

Red Beard was the first British tactical nuclear weapon. Introduced in the early 1960s, it was replaced by WE177 in the early 1970s.

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