Bristol Bloodhound

The Bristol Bloodhound is a British surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s as the UK’s main air defence weapon, and was in large-scale service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the forces of four other countries. The Bloodhound Mk. I entered service in December 1958 and the last Mk. II missile squadron stood down in July 1991, although Swiss examples remained operational until 1999.

Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile (StreetView)
Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missile

Bristol Bloodhound Mk.1 (StreetView)
Bristol Bloodhound Mk.1
Bristol Bloodhound SAM (StreetView)
Bristol Bloodhound SAM

Bristol Bloodhound missile and launcher (Birds Eye)
Bristol Bloodhound missile and launcher

Bristol Bloodhound Mk. II (Birds Eye)
Bristol Bloodhound Mk. II

Westland WAH-64 Apache parked on a former Bloodhound Missile Battery (Google Maps)
Westland WAH-64 Apache parked on a former Bloodhound Missile Battery
Surface-to-air guided weapon position "Bloodhound" (Google Maps)
Surface-to-air guided weapon position "Bloodhound"

Former Bloodhound missile site (Bing Maps)
Former Bloodhound missile site

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