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Old 2nd Jul 2007, 11:29
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Speed Twelve
 
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AFAIK Britain never has designed an indigenous military ICBM, Blue Streak being an IRBM. I suppose the Black Arrow project could be considered an ICBM system despite its successful use as a satellite launcher.

The UK is the only country ever to have developed an indigenous orbital space launch capability and then binned it.

I remember wandering round the old Blue Streak rocket test stands still on the range at Spade wondering what might have been...
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