Red Beard bomb
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The Red Beard bomb was a British tactical nuclear weapon developed during the Cold War for delivery by aircraft such as the Vickers Valiant.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Red Beard | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
air-dropped nuclear bomb
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tactical nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| alsoCarriedBy |
Avro Vulcan bomber
NERFINISHED
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Blackburn Buccaneer strike aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Canberra bomber NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Sea Vixen fighter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codename | Red Beard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Cold War ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deliveryMethod | free-fall bomb ⓘ |
| deploymentRole |
anti-shipping
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tactical strike ⓘ |
| designedAsSuccessorTo | Blue Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedDuring | 1950s ⓘ |
| designedForDeliveryBy |
Avro Vulcan
NERFINISHED
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Blackburn Buccaneer NERFINISHED ⓘ English Electric Canberra NERFINISHED ⓘ Vickers Valiant NERFINISHED ⓘ de Havilland Sea Vixen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developer |
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 0.71 metres ⓘ |
| enteredRAAFService | early 1960s ⓘ |
| enteredRoyalNavyService | early 1960s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstDeployedOn | Vickers Valiant bomber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guidance | unguided ⓘ |
| intendedTargetType |
battlefield targets
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naval vessels ⓘ |
| length | approximately 3.66 metres ⓘ |
| natoCategory | tactical nuclear weapon ⓘ |
| nuclearWeaponType | fission bomb ⓘ |
| operator |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatingService | Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | British nuclear weapons programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | 1971 ⓘ |
| safetyFeature | in-flight insertion ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1961 ⓘ |
| storageConfiguration | stored without fissile core inserted ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force
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Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ |
| warheadCore | plutonium ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 1700 pounds ⓘ |
| yieldRange |
10 kilotons of TNT
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20 kilotons of TNT ⓘ 40 kilotons of TNT ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Vickers Valiant