We have covered individual projects and the infamous Sandys 1957 White Paper in some depth but I wanted to draw together what we have learnt with some open questions:
Which missile projects across the board: Malkara to Blue Streak would you bin or save?
Which Foreign systems would you have...
Rolls-Royce Limited/Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited/Rolls-Royce plc 'RB' Designations
(Moderator: I have placed this listing here because its emphasis is on the designation system rather than details of the engines themselves. If this is positioning is deemed inappropriate, please move or delete...
air ministry
cold war
directorate of air ministry factories
great britain
ministryof aircraft production
ministryofaviationministryof defence
ministryof supply
power jets
rolls-royce
rover company limited
world war ii
I've done a search. and I'm surprised that there's no thread for this...
Following the partial replacement, in 1959, of the British Ministry of Supply by the Ministry of Aviation, the iconic 'Rainbow Code' system for projects was also replaced, by a new system of two letters, and three numbers...
This aircraft has been mentioned in a couple of threads, here :-
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14200.msg143338.html#msg143338
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,3808.msg29919.html#msg29919
but doesn't seem to have a topic of it's own.
In the period...
Firstly, this is based upon known discussions with the RN, known systems that were proposed and/or existed at one point or another and known sketch designs performed. However these have been combined together to form a single coherent platform that is representative of what could have been built...
air ministry
anti-air warfare
area air defence
atomic ships
cold war
cruiser
destroyer
great britain
ministryofaviation
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
surface-to-air missile
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