Blue Envoy

Blue Envoy
Type	SAM
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	Never entered service
Production history
Designed	1950s
Manufacturer	Bristol Aeroplane Co.
Specifications
Warhead	Continuous-rod warhead
Detonation mechanism	Proximity fuse

Engine	2× Bristol BRJ.811 ramjets, 4× Borzoi solid fuel boosters
Operational range	150 miles^[1]
Speed	Mach 3^[2]
Guidance system	Semi-active radar homing
Launch platform	Fixed installation

Blue Envoy (a Rainbow code name) was a British project to develop a ramjet-powered surface-to-air missile during the 1950s. It was cancelled in April 1957. The guidance system and the ramjet designs were used to upgrade the Bloodhound Mk 1 missile design to produce the Bloodhound Mk 2.

References

↑ "Bristol Blue Envoy". Skomer. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
↑ "Blue Envoy". This is Rocket Science. Retrieved 2012-09-28.

Guided missiles of the United Kingdom

Air-to-air	ASRAAM Fireflash Firestreak Red Dean Red Top SRAAM/Taildog Skyflash

Air-to-surface	ALARM Brimstone Lightweight Multirole Missile Martel¹ Sea Eagle Sea Skua Storm Shadow¹ Sea Venom¹

Surface-to-air	Bloodhound Blowpipe CAMM Javelin Rapier Sea Cat Sea Dart Sea Slug Sea Viper Sea Wolf Starburst Starstreak Tigercat Thunderbird

Surface-to-surface	Swingfire Malkara² UB.109T Vigilant

Nuclear	Blue Steel Blue Streak Blue Water Green Cheese

¹ Anglo-French ² Anglo-Australian

Cold War military projects of the United Kingdom

Air-to-air missiles	Blue Sky (Fireflash) Blue Jay (Firestreak) Red Dean Red Top SRAAM Skyflash

Air-to-surface missiles	Blue Steel Green Cheese

Surface-to-air missiles	CF.299 (Sea Dart) Green Light (Sea Cat) Red Duster (Bloodhound) Red Shoes (Thunderbird) Sea Slug

Surface-to-surface missiles	Blue Slug Blue Streak Blue Water Blue Rapier / Red Rapier Orange William (Swingfire)

Satellite launch vehicles	Black Arrow Black Knight

Nuclear warheads	Blue Danube Blue Peacock Orange Herald Red Beard Red Snow Violet Club Yellow Sun

List of codenames used for projects (Rainbow Codes)

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