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2007 Bristol Bloodhound is a British ramjet powered surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s. It served as the UK’s main air defence weapon into the 1990s and was in large-scale service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the forces of four other countries. Part of sweeping changes to the UK’s defence posture, the Bloodhound was intended to protect the RAF’s V bomber bases to preserve the deterrent force, attacking bombers that made it past the Lightning interceptor force. Bloodhound Mk. I entered service in December 1958, the first British guided weapon to enter full operational service. This was part of Stage 1 upgrades to the defensive systems, in the later Stage 2, both Bloodhound and the fighters would be replaced by a longer-range missile code named Blue Envoy. When this was ultimately cancelled in 1957, parts of its design were worked into Bloodhound Mk. II, roughly doubling the range of the missile. The Mk. I began to be replaced by the Mk. II starting in 1964.

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Bristol Bloodhound oli Briti maa-õhk rakett, mis töötati välja 1950. aastatel kaitseks Nõukogude pommitajate vastu. Selle kujundas Bristol Aeroplane Company ja see kasutas ramjet-mootorit, et viia see kiiruseni kuni Mach 2.7. Raketi ulatus oli umbes 100 km ja see kandis 200 kg kõrge plahvatusohtlikku lõhkepead. Bloodhound juhtis radarit ja kasutas juhtimiseks nelja väikest juhtuimed taga ja nelja suuremat tiiba keskel. Raketti kasutasid kuninglikud õhujõud ja Austraalia kuninglikud õhujõud aastatel 1958–1991 ning eksporditi ka Rootsi, Šveitsi ja Singapuri. Bloodhoundi peeti usaldusväärseks ja tõhusaks relvasüsteemiks, kuid lõpuks asendati see arenenumate rakettidega nagu Rapier ja Sea Dart.