It was quite large at 35ft long, a wing
span of 13ft, and weighed about 7 tons. Here is one which has
been preserved at Woomera in Australia where the full scale
flight trials took place.
What is (or was) Blue Steel? O.K. I know there is/was a rock band with the same name.......
Blue Steel was a
major part of Britain's nuclear deterrent from Dec 1962 until the late 1960s. It was an Air to surface missile designed to enable
V-Bombers (Avro Vulcan's and Handley Page Victor's) to operate without going into areas where they would be
exposed to concentrated guided weapon attack. It was quite large at 35ft long, a wing
span of 13ft, and weighed about 7 tons. Here is one which has
been preserved at Woomera in Australia where the full scale
flight trials took place.
These pages are dedicated to the people who worked on Blue Steel development and deployment, and particularly to those who took part in the full scale flight trials in U.K. and Australia in the early 1960s
Here is a little bit of history/background to the trials as I described it to some groups who might be able to help us make contact and perhaps lend us some memorabilia.
As I mention in some E-mails, the priority will always be to establish contact and to let people know what we are up to. So please take a look at the Contact list and see if you can add to it (or correct it). Please contact me at jsaxon@pcug.org.au for the password which is used to avoid search engines.
In the meantime we keep in contact by various means including a mailing list. If you would like to join the list, please visit https://lists.tip.net.au/mailman/listinfo/bluesteel We are keen to maintain and improve the contact lists - please review and contribute to the lists whenever possible.
A lot more information on the Australian trials (particularly from an RAF perspective) can be found Bryan Wetton's web site at http://beesoft.soho.on.net/4JSTU/bluesteel.htm These pages are written and maintained in Adelaide and contain a lot more information, including the 2001 reunion and some great photos.