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	WE177 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The WE177 was the last air-launched atomic bomb in the inventory of the United Kingdom.
		The tactical and strategic versions of WE177 had air-burst capability, as evidenced by the translucent window in the nose of the bomb which housed a radar altimeter.
		As with all British thermonuclear weapons, the tritium gas used in the bomb core was generated at the military nuclear reactor at Chapelcross in Dumfriesshire, Scotland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/WE_177 (449 words)

	Bristol Aero Collection
		It was built in three variants, each had a number of pre-set delivery and firing options in order to exploit fully the RAF and Royal Navy low level strike capability against strategic and tactical, hard and soft targets.
		Initially WE177 was developed for aircraft such as the TSR-2 and the Buccaneer.
		However WE177 was deployed from 1966, on RAF Vulcans as part of the UK's strategic nuclear deterrent.
	www.bristolaero.i12.com /exmissiles.htm (1401 words)

	Vulcans in Camera - WE177. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The development of WE177 stemmed from joint RAF/RN Operational Requirement 1177 circa 1960 for a tactical weapon to replace Red Beard in the tactical strike role and as a nuclear depth bomb.
		Consequently, the tactical version of WE177 was developed as WE177A and the high-yield strategic version as WE177B.
		Though the weights and dimensions of WE177 have been published in Hansard, other details remain secret.
	www.avrovulcan.org.uk /nukes/we177a_b.htm (284 words)

	Atomic Weapons Establishment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Recently the facility has dismantled the WE177 nuclear bomb and produced the warheads for the UK's Trident missiles.
		During Hunting BRAE's management AWE decommissioned the RAFs WE177 freefall nuclear bomb.
		In 1998 the company suffered two prosecutions for safety breaches, one for discharge of tritium into a nearby stream [2] and another for an incident where two workers inhaled plutonium.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atomic_Weapons_Research_Establishment (747 words)

	NDB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The WE177 is a weapon delivery system, a free falling or parachute retarded bomb.
		Previous systems (Red Beard and Yellow Sunrise) were too heavy for light aircraft to deploy and the WE177 was purchased from the USA.
		Generally known simply as “The six hundred pound bomb” the RN deployed nuclear weapons in a blind system, a ship would receive a weapon and only a handful onboard would know if it was real or a dummy.
	www.middle-watch.co.uk /html/ndb.html (127 words)

	Weapon
		The weapon (WE177) to be carried by the Vulcan in its nuclear role in the '70's was disappointingly small to look at when loaded up in the large bomb-bay of the aircraft.
		The weapon area was originally designed in the days of the very early 'Fat Boy' type of weapons which were physically very large, and were in the Megaton range.
		The WE177B was planned for low level ‘lay-down’ delivery by the Vulcan, this required that the weapon should be retarded in its fall to increase separation from the delivery aircraft.
	www.john-dillon.co.uk /V-Force/weapon.html (1517 words)

	British nuclear forces, 2001 \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But with the withdrawal of the last remaining WE177 bombs from operational service in March 1998, the Tornados' nuclear role was terminated, bringing to an end a four-decade history of RAF aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.
		Before the year is out, the RAF base in Bruggen, Germany, is scheduled to close, and the Tornados there will be reassigned to bases in Lossiemouth, Scotland, and Marham, England.
		This means that when Vigilant is on patrol, 10, 12, or 14 of its missiles may carry as many as three warheads, while the other two, four, or six may be armed with only one warhead.
	69.36.186.201 /article_nn.php?art_ofn=nd01norris (1239 words)

	British Falklands War ships had nuclear weapons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They were on the task force when it sailed south but never entered the territorial waters of the Falkland Islands or any South American country," a spokesman told Reuters.
		While all could be used as depth bombs for underwater use or land or air burst bombs, these were presumably equipped for the particular conditions of naval use.
		WE177 is now obsolete and no longer in service.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1034967/posts (1119 words)

	Plutonium Investigation - Others News - 14/10/2003 - MoD catalogues its nuclear blunders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1988, a WE177 nuclear bomb was dented after it was dropped at RAF Marham, Norfolk.
		Another WE177 fell off a workstand in 1976 at RAF Honington, Suffolk, while being loaded on to a plane.
		In 1967, a Vulcan bomber carrying a nuclear weapon was struck by lightning at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.
	www.wise-paris.org /english/othersnews/year_2003/othersnews031014.html (1073 words)

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		storage for the raf's nuclear weapons (we177), despite plans to phase out their use by 1998.
		The British WE177 `tactical free-fall bomb', deployed by the RAF for the past twenty five years, fails the new tests completely.
		the government's response to this report dismissed claims that the trident warhead was dangerous, and made no mention of the we177.
	www.acooke.org /old/arms.html (556 words)

	British nuclear forces, 2005 \| thebulletin.org
		Though the fleet is expected to be in operation until 2020 or beyond, attention is now turning to the question of whether Britain requires a new generation of nuclear weapons.
		A second indicator of the size of the British arsenal is that Britain assigns its patrolling SSBN a "substrategic mission" to supplement its strategic role.
		These warheads could be used to attack regional adversaries--so-called rogue states--that have weapons of mass destruction, a mission that would not require a substantial attack.
	www.thebulletin.org /article_nn.php?art_ofn=nd05norris (2170 words)

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		When the WE177 was withdrawn from service, it became sensible to keep them in one place until they could be de-commissioned.
		The place chosen was Honington and the SSA there was the last refuge for all the WE177's from the other three bases until the last were finally removed in early 2001.
		The WE177 family were variable yield devices and all could operate in various modes, from parachute retarded or balistic trajectory, air burst, ground burst, laydown in water or on land, timed or depth operation.
	www.century20war.co.uk /page5.html (2572 words)

	NRDC: Nuclear Data - Table of British Nuclear Forces, 2002
		At the end of March 1998, with the withdrawal of the last remaining WE177 bombs from operational service, the Tornadoes' nuclear role was terminated, bringing to an end a four decade long history of RAF aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.
		The Tornadoes currently at RAF Bruggen in Germany will be reassigned to RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Marham in the UK by the end of 2001, and the base at Bruggen will be closed.
		Therefore it follows that when Vigilant is on patrol, 10, 12 or 14 of its SLBMs may carry up to three warheads per missile, while the other 2, 4 or 6 missiles may be armed with just one warhead.
	www.nrdc.org /nuclear/nudb/datab18.asp (1382 words)

	NukeWatch Scotland
		A RAF nuclear weapon load carrier carrying two WE177 nuclear weapons, seeking to avoid a stationary private vehicle, left the road after skidding on ice and rolled on to its side.
		Hoist cable of a jib crane slipped on its drum and allowed a WE177 in its container to fall a short distance onto its trolley.
		As a result of this occurrence, the toolbox was removed from all WE177 weapon containers.
	www.nukewatch-scotland.org.uk /accidents.php (1392 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| UK's deterrent 'undermined by leak'
		Top secret files on the Trident missile system and satellite tracking of ballistic missile submarines are believed to have been obtained by the Chinese from the Los Alamos laboratories.
		Since the withdrawal of the RAF's free-fall nuclear bomb, the WE177, Trident is the only nuclear system still deployed in the UK.
		The leak of such sensitive information could have a devastating effect on the ability of the UK to maintain and effective nuclear deterrent, experts warn.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/343755.stm (702 words)

	Yorkshire CND - British Nuclear Forces - 9/00
		But with the withdrawal of the last remaining WE177 bombs at the end of March 1998, the Tornadoes' nuclear role was terminated, bringing to an end the four-decade-long history of RAF aircraft carrying nuclear weapons.
		The RAF base at Bruggen, Germany, is scheduled to be closed, and by the end of 2001 approximately 40 Tornadoes now at the base will be reassigned to bases at Lossiemouth, Scotland, and Marham, England.
		For example, when the Vigilant is on patrol, 10, 12, or 14 of its SLBMs may carry up to three warheads per missile, but the other two, four, or six missiles may be armed with just one warhead.
	cndyorks.gn.apc.org /news/articles/notes.htm (1044 words)

	page11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These were built in 1966 to test the WE177 bombs, and possibly the Polaris warheads.
		There were high vacuum facilities on the Ness and the only reason for those would be to test something which would be subjected to the vacuum of space, like a re-entry body for a missile warhead.
		This we177 has been subjected to some stress, being projected into concrete blocks at some speed.
	www.century20war.co.uk /page11.html (258 words)

	NTI: Global Security Newswire
		The ships carried Type WE177 nuclear depth charges, which could have been launched from battleships or fighter aircraft, according to the Australian Herald Sun.
		The WE177 weapons were later scrapped in 1992 (David Williams, Herald Sun, Dec. 7).
		Yesterday, a British Foreign Office spokesman said nuclear weapons carried by British ships were “offloaded” before they reached the South Atlantic to ensure British compliance with the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which created a nuclear weapon-free zone in Latin America and the Caribbean (see GSN, Nov. 6).
	www.nti.org /d_newswire/issues/2003/12/8/42c46781-c3a2-4a5c-ba16-d8ccbaea46c8.html (428 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 30 Nov 1989
		To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the number of procurement options for the possible replacement of the WE177 free-fall bomb that are currently being studied.
		As I have said on several occasions, discussions are taking place with both the United States and French Governments on procurement options for the possible replacement of the WE177 free-fall bomb, which include visits to the appropriate establishments.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures are taken to confirm the identity of those people who receive military training from British service personnel.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm198990/cmhansrd/1989-11-30/Writtens-2.html (3757 words)

	Non-Proliferation: British Nuclear Weapon Trainer
		The British WE177 was manufactured in three different variants, A, B and C. Weighing 600 to 950 pounds the three variants of the nuclear weapon, that also had different nuclear yields, were stockpiled between 1966 and 1998.
		The 112' to 133' long WE177s could be parachute retarded or used in a free fall mode with a number of different delivery and fuzing options.
		The WE177A could also be dropped from most UK Naval helicopters in its role as depth bomb.
	www.atomicmuseum.com /tour/british.cfm (135 words)

	Blair and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Regime Change In Britain Needed : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The plan is to put a single warhead on some Trident II SLBMs and have them assigned to targets once covered by WE177 gravity bombs.
		It is likely that a less-than-full complement of nuclear bombs are assigned to the Tornadoes with maritime strike and reconnaissance roles.
		The total number of WE177 nuclear gravity bombs produced is estimated to have been about 200, of which 175 were versions A and B. The C version of the WE177 bomb was assigned to selected Royal Navy Sea Harrier FRS.1 aircraft and ASW helicopters.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2002/09/151068_comment.php (1133 words)

	The world's top we177 websites
		The WE177 was a free-fall thermonuclear weapon deployed by the Royal Air Force from 1966 to 1998.
		Following its withdrawal the role of nuclear deterrence passed wholly to the Royal Navy's Vanguard Class (Trident) SSBNs.
		The WE177 could be deployed as both a gravity nuclear device and as a depth charge to attack submarines.
	www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/we177 (245 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Royal Air Force
		After the British development of nuclear weapons, the RAF's V bomber squadrons also took sole responsibility of carrying the UK's nuclear deterrent until the development of the Royal Navy's Polaris submarines.
		Following the introduction of Polaris in 1968 the RAF's strategic nuclear role was reduced to a tactical one, using the WE177 gravity bombs.
		This tactical role was continued by the V bombers into the 1980s and until 1998 by Tornado GR1s.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Royal_Air_Force (3785 words)

	we can not blame willie brigitte for this problem,re:the war on terror. : Melbourne Indymedia
		Wiltshire 1987 Truck with two 950lb WE177 n- weapons skidded and rolled on to side; second truck also slid off road.
		Malta 1974 Two torpedoes fell on to WE177 on board HMS Tiger.
		Germany 1974 and 1984 WE177 dropped while loading on plane at RAF Laarbruch in 1974; another WE177 dropped at RAF Bruggen in 1984 - reportedly caused base to shut for period
	melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2003/11/57358_comment.php (1171 words)

	Statement on the Defence Estimates 1996
		The United Kingdom's strategic and sub-strategic nuclear capability is currently provided by a force of three ballistic missile submarines and Royal Air Force Tornado aircraft equipped with the WE177 free-fall nuclear bomb.
		The Royal Air Force's WE177 bombs are being progressively withdrawn from service.
		This process will be completed by the end of 1998, when the sub-strategic role will be wholly undertaken by Trident.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/uk/mod96/ch2.htm (2519 words)

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