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The phrase "blue water" also refers to deep water; see Maritime geography. Maritime geography is often discussed in terms of four loosely-defined regions Riverine, brown water, green water, and blue water.

For the Amtrak route, see Blue Water (passenger train). Blue Water is a passenger train service operated by Amtrak as part of its Michigan Services.

see also Bluewater (disambiguation)

Blue Water was a code name for a British nuclear missile under development in the 1960s. A code name or cryptonym is a word or name used clandestinely to refer to another name or word The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Nuclear weapons delivery is the technology and systems used to place a Nuclear weapon at the position of Detonation, on or near its intended target The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 Blue Water, like Blue Streak, was a planned homegrown nuclear deterrent for use against the Soviet Union. A nuclear deterrent is the phrase used to refer to a country's nuclear weapons arsenal when considered in the context of Deterrence theory. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Unlike Blue Streak, Blue Water was envisaged as a surface-to-surface missile to be used against ground troops: a battlefield nuclear weapon. A surface-to-surface missile (also ground-to-ground missile, SSM or GTGM) is a guided projectile launched from a hand-held vehicle mounted trailer mounted Blue Water was planned to be operational by 1966 but in 1962 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan scrapped the project. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Maurice Harold Macmillan 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 &ndash 29 December 1986 was a British Conservative Politician

The English Electric Blue Water Short Range Ballistic Missile (SRBM) that was developed during the 1950’s and was cancelled in 1962 having completed several test flights/ trials. English Electric (EE was a British industrial manufacturer Founded in 1918 it initially specialised in industrial Electric motors and Transformers Its

This missile was 25 ft (7. 6 m) in length and weighed-in at 3000 lb (1361 Kg).

Originally called Red Rose and was to be fitted with a 10 kiloton nuclear warhead under development at AWRE. Units of mass There are three similar units of Mass called the ton: Long ton (simply ton in countries such as the United For the World War II use of this facility see RAF Aldermaston The Atomic Weapons Establishment ( AWE) is responsible for the Codenamed ‘Tony’, this was a UK version of the US W44 Tsetse primary. The W44 was an American nuclear warhead used on the ASROC tactical anti-submarine missile system The Tsetse was the common design nuclear fission bomb core for several Cold War designs for American nuclear and thermonuclear weapons, according to researcher Chuck Hansen

This missile was intended to provide a mobile short range Nuclear capability for the British Army and it had a range of approx 55 miles (88. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. 5 km). However, it was also to be used in RAF service on the ill-fated BAC TSR-2 aircraft in the stand-off attack role. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

Although the modified Cuckoo solid rocket motor was made by Bristol Aerojet, was designed by the Propellant and Explosives Research and Manufacturing Establishment (PERME) to give a thrust of 1700lb (7. A rocket engine is a Jet engine that uses only Propellant mass for forming its high speed propulsive jet. Bristol Siddeley was a British aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors. The Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott Buckinghamshire on the site of the former RAF Westcott has made a number of notable contributions in the field The Rocket Propulsion Establishment at Westcott Buckinghamshire on the site of the former RAF Westcott has made a number of notable contributions in the field 6KN),

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