The following list of missiles of the Royal Air Force contains both current and former missiles used by the British air force:
Type | Origin | Notes | Variants |
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B28 nuclear bomb | United States | Air dropped thermonuclear weapon. In service from 1960 to 1964, carried by the English Electric Canberra, McDonnell Douglas Phantom and Vickers Valiant V Bombers. | |
B43 nuclear bomb | United States | Air dropped thermonuclear weapon. In service from 1964 to 1976, carried by the English Electric Canberra, McDonnell Douglas Phantom and Vickers Valiant. | |
B57 nuclear bomb | United States | Air dropped tactical nuclear weapon. In service from 1970 to 1991, carried by English Electric Canberra, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod and McDonnell Douglas Phantom. | |
Mark 5 nuclear bomb | United States | Air dropped nuclear bomb. In service from 1958 to 1965, carried by the Avro Vulcan. See Project E | |
Mark 7 nuclear bomb | United States | Air dropped tactical nuclear bomb. In service from 1958 to 1965, carried by the English Electric Canberra | |
Blue Danube | United Kingdom | Air dropped nuclear weapon. In service from 1953 to 1962, carried by the Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant. | |
Red Beard | United Kingdom | Free-fall tactical nuclear weapon. In service from 1961 to 1971, carried by the English Electric Canberra, Handley Page Victor, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod and Avro Vulcan. | Red Beard Mk 1, Red Beard Mk 2 |
Red Snow | United Kingdom | Thermonuclear warhead | |
Violet Club | United Kingdom | Air dropped nuclear weapon. In service from 1958 to 1960, carried by the Avro Vulcan. | |
W.65, Mk Lulu | United States | Air dropped nuclear depth charge. In service from 1965 to 1971. Carried by the Avro Shackleton and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. | |
WE.177 | United Kingdom | Free-fall gravity nuclear bomb. In service from 1969 to 1998, carried by the Avro Shackleton, Avro Vulcan, Blackburn Buccaneer, English Electric Canberra, Handley Page Victor, SEPECAT Jaguar, Panavia Tornado. | WE.177A, WE.177B, WE.177C |
Yellow Sun nuclear bomb | United Kingdom | Air dropped strategic nuclear weapon. In service from 1958 to 1972, carried Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. | Yellow Sun Mk 1, Yellow Sun Mk 2 |
Avro Blue Steel | United Kingdom | Air-launched, rocket-propelled stand-off missile. In service from 1963 to 1970, carried by the Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor. | |
Douglas Thor | United States | Land-based Intermediate-range ballistic missile. In service from 1958 to 1963. See Project Emily | PGM-17A Thor |