![Chris Bolton on Twitter: "1) Avro Blue Steel British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, to arm V bomber force. allowed bomber to launch missile against target while outside range of SAMs). Chris Bolton on Twitter: "1) Avro Blue Steel British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, to arm V bomber force. allowed bomber to launch missile against target while outside range of SAMs).](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej4dr4DWoAEYmOL.jpg)
Chris Bolton on Twitter: "1) Avro Blue Steel British air-launched, rocket-propelled nuclear armed standoff missile, to arm V bomber force. allowed bomber to launch missile against target while outside range of SAMs).
![Blue Steel, an air-launched nuclear missile, at the RAF Museum, London, UK. It has a destructive force 70 times more powerful than Hiroshima's bomb Stock Photo - Alamy Blue Steel, an air-launched nuclear missile, at the RAF Museum, London, UK. It has a destructive force 70 times more powerful than Hiroshima's bomb Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/a108daec18c14a37bab2de72828ab468/2dtmkxc.jpg)
Blue Steel, an air-launched nuclear missile, at the RAF Museum, London, UK. It has a destructive force 70 times more powerful than Hiroshima's bomb Stock Photo - Alamy
![A Blue Steel short-range air-launched nuclear stand-off missile is loaded on a British strategic bomber - CVCE Website A Blue Steel short-range air-launched nuclear stand-off missile is loaded on a British strategic bomber - CVCE Website](https://www.cvce.eu/content/publication/2015/2/9/52a17da6-c330-4a29-9ea0-9b96e5286d9a/publishable.jpg)