"Red Dean" ( eng. Red Dean , [red di: n] , in the lane - " red deacon ") is a British heavy air-to-air guided missile with an active homing radar (ARLGS), developed in 1950- x years, the company "Vickers-Armstrong" , but the development was discontinued until its completion. It was supposed to equip the all-weather Jevlin interceptor missile . The missile was intended to defeat enemy bombers.
| Red dean | |
|---|---|
| Type of | short-range air-to-air missile |
| Status | development discontinued in June 1956 |
| Developer | Until 1953:  Folland aircraftSince 1953: Vickers |
| Years of development | 1950 [1] - June 1956 |
| Adoption | not accepted |
| Modifications | Red hebe |
| ↓ All specifications | |
The ironic name of the rocket “red deacon” was chosen in honor of Hewlett Johnson , a Christian socialist and ardent admirer of the Soviet Union, who until the end of his life in 1966 was the permanent deacon of the Canterbury Cathedral , whom the press called the “red deacon of Canterbury” [2] .
Content
History
In 1951, the development of the all- angular Red Hawk rocket developed according to the operational requirements of OR.1056 ( English O perational R equirements , was divided into 2 directions [3] :
- Development of a rocket equipped with a thermal seeker having a “ rainbow code ” Blue Jay in accordance with OR.1117 ,
- The development of an all-round Red Dean missile according to the operational requirements of OR.1105 , equipped with an active continuous-wave radar seeker operating in the X-band [4] (such a seeker was also supposed to be equipped with the Green Cheese tactical nuclear anti-ship missile [5] ).
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The development of Red Dean was entrusted to the company Folland Aircraft ( English Folland Aircraft ) [6] . However, from the very beginning of the design, Falland Aircraft revealed a number of problems with exceeding the dimensions and mass of the rocket over the given ones (it was originally supposed to create a 670-pound (304 kg) rocket), not to mention the cost overruns allocated for the project and technological problems with the developmentARLGSN . Soon, Folland found it impossible to continue work on the Red Dean project and in 1951 left the project [1] . On March 26, 1953, the Ministry of Supply transferred the Vickers development contract [6] , where the project received the internal designation Vickers Type 888 . In addition to Vickers, as a general contractor, the following companies were involved as subcontractors: , responsible for the inertial navigation system (rocket autopilot); Electric & Musical Industries (EMI) - non-contact target sensor and safety-actuator; and the General Electric (GEC), the homing radar [1] .
The development was preceded by the creation of the WTV5 test shell ( Eng. W ... Test Vehicle 5 ), which was used to improve aerodynamics and improve the solid propellant rocket launcher Buzzard and Falcon created by the and manufactured [5] .
The Vickers Red Dean version, which was larger in size and weight, was no luckier than the Folland project. The design process was also littered with numerous problems, among which the main ones were continuing problems with an active radar-assisted navigation system (for which General Electric designers were often bullied at numerous meetings) and, as a result, growing problems with the dimension and mass of the rocket. And this, in turn, greatly reduced the flight performance of the product as a whole, which were disappointingly low for such a large missile. Weak characteristics of the GOS made it necessary to deploy a warhead with a higher power on the rocket, which increased the weight problems on an increasing basis, until the design limitations inherent in light-alloy structures made the rocket unsuitable for use as part of supersonic interceptors.
The missile tests were carried out on a modified Canberra bomber in the Short SC.9 version near Wisley [7] , however, missile firing tests were not carried out [6] .
The main carrier for Red Dean was supposed to use the Gloster Javelin interceptor with a thin wing - Gloster P.376 Thin Wing Javelin [5] , which was developed in parallel with the rocket in accordance with the requirements of OR.328 [8] . However, in 1956, work on the interceptor was discontinued, and after him, in June 1956, work on the Red Dean rocket was stopped [9] .
Performance Specifications
- Length: 4.9 m (16 ft)
- Weight: 603 kg (1,330 lbs)
- Warhead: 45 kg (100 lbs) high-explosive
- Range: 6 km (3.8 miles)
- Ceiling: 1,524-15,240 m (5,000-50,000 ft)
- Speed: 2.2 M
- Propulsion:
- Buzzard [10]
- Remote control length - 2.5 m
- Remote control diameter - 0.25 m
- Mass of remote control - 99 kg
- Remote control thrust - 30 kN
- Falcon [10]
- Remote control length - 2.5 m
- Remote control diameter - 0.273 m
- Mass of remote control - 104.8 kg
- Remote control thrust - 62.3 kN
- Buzzard [10]
Where can I see
A copy of the Red Dean rocket can be seen at the Cosford Royal Air Force Museum Cosford in Shropshire .
See also
- Rainbow codes
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Morton, Peter Ralph . Fire across the desert: Woomera and the Anglo-Australian Joint Project, 1946–1980. (English) - Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989 .-- P. 336 - 575 p. - (AGPS Press publication) - ISBN 0-644-06068-9 .
- ↑ Forbat, John . The Secret World of Vickers Guided Weapons. (English) - The History Press, 2012 .-- 256 p. - ISBN 0-7524-3769-0 .
- ↑ Buttler T. British Secret Projects - Jet Fighters since 1950.- Midland Publishing, 2000.- S. 37-38. - ISBN 1-85780-095-8 .
- ↑ Stephen Robert Twigge. The early development of guided weapons in the United Kingdom, 1940-1960. - Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1993 .-- S. 163. - ISBN 3-7186-5297-8 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Red Dean Air to Air missile Archived April 12, 2012. United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects
- ↑ 1 2 3 Buttler T. British Secret Projects - Jet Fighters since 1950.- Midland Publishing, 2000.- P. 68. - ISBN 1-85780-095-8 .
- ↑ Guided Weapons Brooklands Museum
- ↑ Operational and Experimental Requirements Archived March 26, 2009. United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects
- ↑ The Color (or Rainbow) Codenames Archived on May 4, 2010. United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects
- ↑ 1 2 Solid Rocket Motors Archived on February 6, 2013. United Kingdom Aerospace and Weapons Projects
Literature
- Buttler T. British Secret Projects - Jet Fighters since 1950 .-- Midland Publishing, 2000 .-- 176 p. - ISBN 1-85780-095-8 .
- Stephen Robert Twigge. The early development of guided weapons in the United Kingdom, 1940-1960 . - Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1993 .-- 274 p. - ISBN 3-7186-5297-8 .
- The 'Secret' World of Vickers Guided Weapons , J. Forbat, Tempus, 2006, ISBN 0-7524-3769-0
- British Secret Projects: Hypersonics, Ramjets and Missiles , Gibson C, Buttler T. Midland, 2007. ISBN 978-1-85780-280-0
Links
- Red Dean Sky Corner Encyclopedia