WE.177 bomb

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf bomber
nuclear test
gptkbp:category Cold War nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Westland_Lynx
gptkb:Blackburn_Buccaneer
gptkb:Westland_Sea_King
gptkb:Westland_Wessex
gptkb:SEPECAT_Jaguar
gptkbp:designedFor anti-submarine warfare
tactical nuclear strike
gptkbp:detonationMechanism airburst
ground burst
depth charge
gptkbp:diameter 0.41 m
gptkbp:enteredService 1966
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label WE.177 bomb
gptkbp:lastWithdrawn 1998
gptkbp:length 2.7 m
gptkbp:manufacturer Hunting Engineering
gptkbp:notableFor last operational British nuclear bomb
gptkbp:numberBuilt approximately 300
gptkbp:replacedBy Red Beard bomb
none (last British free-fall nuclear bomb)
gptkbp:retired 1998
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:type nuclear test
fission bomb
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:variant WE.177A
WE.177B
WE.177C
gptkbp:weight 272 kg
gptkbp:yield 0.5 to 450 kilotons
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hawker_Siddeley_Blue_Steel
gptkb:British_nuclear_deterrent
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7