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The BAC Rapier is a British surface-to-air, low-level anti-aircraft missile first deployed in the 1960s after development in 1964 and first being fired in 1967. Rapier is armed with a 500 gram warhead and has a range of 7250 metres with a flight speed in excess of Mach 2. Rapier, as designed for the British services, consists of a two-wheeled towed trailer mounting four launchers and the automatic target detection and acquisition radar.
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The Bristol Bloodhound (officially code-named Red Duster) later BAC Bloodhound, was the first British surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile to enter service and was used by the RAF during the later part of the 1950s. The Bristol Bloodhound was powered by Thor-type ramjets producing a flight speed in excess of mach 1 and a range of 80 km.
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The FV 432 was a range of British tracked armoured personnel carriers developed as a replacement for the FV 430 in the late 1950's and was produced from 1963 until 1971. The FV 432 carried a crew of two plus ten passengers. It was powered by a Rolls-Royce K60 No 4 Mk 4F 6-cylinder multi-fuel engine providing a top road speed of 52 kmh and a range of 580 km. The FV 432 could ford 106 cm of water and cross a trench 205 cm wide. It was variously armed, the APC being fitted with a 7.62 mm machine-gun, an ATGW version - the FV 438 - being fitted with two launcher boxes for the BAC Swingfire ATGW in addition to the machine-gun. Another version was fitted with the Wombat recoilless rifle.
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The BAC Swingfire is a British wire-guided anti-tank weapon developed in 1962 and first produced in 1967. Swingfire has a minimum range of 150 metres and a maximum range of 4000 metres and can be launched by an operator sited up to fifty metres from the launch vehicle.
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The Vickers Type 891 Vigilant (BAC Vigilant) was a British surface-to-surface anti-tank wire guided missile developed in the late 1950's, first fired in 1957. The Vickers Type 891 was developed as a lightweight, one-man portable anti-tank weapons system, and had a range of about 1.6 km and a flight speed of 565 kmh. The Vickers Type 891 Vigilant was armed with a 6 kg hollow-charge warhead capable of penetrating 558 mm of armour plate.
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The BAC 111 (BAC one-eleven) is a British short/medium-range transport plane developed during the 1960's, entering service in 1965. The BAC 111 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane that carries a crew of two and up to 89 passengers or 9647 kg of freight in the cabin. Two Rolls-Royce Spey RB.168 Mk 512DW turbofans provide a top speed of 870 kmh and a range of 3000 km typically.
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The Filton (British Aircraft Corporation) BAC 221 was a British single-seater research aircraft developed from the Fairey Delta 2 research aircraft, and first flown in 1964. The BAC 221 was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane with slender ogival delta planform wings powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon RA.28R turbojet engine with reheat. The BAC 221 was involved in research for the development of the Anglo-French Concorde airliner.
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The English Electric P 1 Lightning (later BAC Lightning and later BA Lightning) was a British single-seater all-weather interceptor aircraft developed during the 1950s, and first flown in 1954 and in service until 1974 when they started to be replaced by McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms. It was powered by two Rolls-Royce Avon 302 augmented turbojets providing a top speed of 1500 mph and was armed with two Red Top or Firestreak guided missiles or two 30 mm Aden cannons on two under-wing hard points.
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The De Havilland Firestreak (officially code-named Blue Jay) was a British air-to-air guided missile designed to be fired from behind the target (known as a pursuit course). The Firestreak used passive infra-red homing and was designed for the destruction of high-speed bomber aircraft at high altitudes. Firestreak was the standard armament on Sea Vixen and BAC Lightning aircraft during the 1960's. Firestreak had a cruising speed in excess of Mach 2 and a range of 8 km.
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Imperial Airways was formed in 1924 providing flights between Britain and Africa, Australia and north America. In 1939 Imperial Airways was reorganised into BOAC which in turn developed into BAC and British Airways.
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