The Green Cheese missile was a British radar-guided anti-ship tactical nuclear warhead missile project of the 1950s. It was developed by Fairey Aviation, and was originally called Fairey Project 7 and was supposed to be used by the Fairey Gannet. Unfortunately, the missile's 3,800 lb (1720 kg) weight proved to be too heavy for the Gannet and would have required extra modifications to the Gannet's bomb bay to expose the missile's seeker head to the target before launch. The missile project continued since the Blackburn Buccaneer naval strike aircraft had a rotating bomb bay which was ideally suited to the task. // Events and No. ... Fairey Aviation Company logo The Fairey Aviation Company, Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century, notable for a number of important planes, including the Fairey III family and the Fairey Swordfish. ... The Fairey Gannet is a carrier-borne Anti-submarine warfare and Airborne Early Warning aircraft of the immediate post World War II-era developed for the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm. ... Officially the pound is the name for at least three different units of mass: The pound (avoirdupois). ... The international prototype, made of platinum-iridium, which is kept at the BIPM under conditions specified by the 1st CGPM in 1889. ... Landing on the HMS Eagle The Blackburn Buccaneer was a British attack aircraft serving with the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm. ...
The project was cancelled in 1956 due in part to cost over-runs, at which point it had a reached a stage called Cockburn Cheese (after the British military scientist Dr. Robert Cockburn), and replaced with the Green Flash missile project. This too was cancelled and the idea of a tactical nuclear guided missile for anti-shipping use was given up in favour of a simple "lobbed" tactical nuclear bomb. 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The name was randomly generated as one of the UKs Rainbow Codes. The Rainbow Codes were a series of code names used to disguise the nature of various British military research projects from after the Second World War until 1958 when they were replaced by an alphanumeric code system. ...
Sea Slug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth (later part of the Hawker Siddeley group) for use by the Royal Navy.
The booster motors were positioned at the front of the missile, but this unusual arrangement gave acceleration and, with the motor nozzles angled outwards at 45°, the missile entered a gentle roll at launch evening out differences in the thrusts of the boosters.
The magazine was positioned amidships and missiles were assembled in a central gallery forward of the magazine before being passed to the launcher on the quarterdeck.
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