Blue Danube bomb
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The Blue Danube bomb was the United Kingdom’s first operational nuclear weapon, an early free-fall atomic bomb developed in the 1950s for delivery by strategic bombers.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Danube | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free-fall bomb
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gravity bomb ⓘ nuclear weapon ⓘ thermonuclear-era fission bomb ⓘ |
| basedOn | experience from Operation Hurricane test ⓘ |
| category | Cold War nuclear bomb of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deliveryPlatform |
Avro Vulcan
NERFINISHED
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Handley Page Victor NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Valiant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deploymentMethod | internal bomb bay carriage ⓘ |
| deploymentRole | strategic deterrent ⓘ |
| designedBy | Atomic Weapons Research Establishment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | strategic bombing ⓘ |
| designedYieldOptions | variable yields around 10 kilotons ⓘ |
| designOrigin | British nuclear weapons programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedIn | 1950s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstTested | early 1950s GENERATED ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | unguided free-fall ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | first operational British nuclear bomb ⓘ |
| introduced | early 1950s ⓘ |
| length | approximately 24 feet ⓘ |
| namedAfter | The Blue Danube waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nuclearConfiguration | plutonium core fission device ⓘ |
| nuclearYield | approximately 10–12 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
| operator | Royal Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | British nuclear deterrent ⓘ |
| productionStatus | limited production ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Red Beard
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ⓘ
Yellow Sun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFromService | 1960s ⓘ |
| safetyFeatures | early mechanical safing systems ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1953 ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| storageSites | RAF bases in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| testAssociation | British nuclear tests in Australia ⓘ |
| usedBy | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict | no ⓘ |
| warheadType | implosion-type fission warhead ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 10,000 pounds ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vickers Valiant