- Source: List of missiles of the RAF
The following list of missiles of the Royal Air Force contains both current and former missiles used by the British air force:
Missiles
= Current
=AMRAAM - Medium-range air-to-air missile. Carried by the Panavia Tornado ADV, Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35.
ASRAAM - Short-range infrared homing air-to-air missile. Carried by the Panavia Tornado, Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35B.
Brimstone - Air-to-surface ground-attack missile. Carried by the Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon.
Meteor - Air-to-air active radar homing beyond-visual-range missile. Carried by Typhoon.
Storm Shadow - Anglo-French air-launched cruise missile. Carried by the Panavia Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon.
= Former
=Air-to-air
Fireflash - Obsolete infrared homing air-to-air missile. Carried by Gloster Meteor and Supermarine Swift test aircraft. In RAF service from 1955 to 1958.
Firestreak - Obsolete air-to-air missile. Carried by the English Electric Lightning and Gloster Javelin. In RAF service from 1957 to 1988.
Red Top - Obsolete infrared homing air-to-air missile. Carried by the English Electric Lightning. In RAF service from 1964 to 1988.
Sidewinder - Short-range air-to-air missile. Carried by the Blackburn Buccaneer and British Aerospace Harrier II, Hawker Siddeley Harrier, Hawker Siddeley Hawk, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod McDonnell Douglas Phantom, SEPECAT Jaguar Panavia Tornado and Panavia Tornado ADV.
Skyflash - Obsolete medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile. In RAF service from 1978 to 2006. Carried by the McDonnell Douglas Phantom and Panavia Tornado ADV.
Sparrow - Medium-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile. Carried by the McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
Air-to-surface
AS.11 - Air-to-surface anti-tank missile. Carried by the Westland Wessex and Westland Whirlwind helicopters
AS.12 - Air-to-surface anti-tank missile. Carried by the Westland Wessex and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
AS-30 - Air-to-surface missile. Carried by the English Electric Canberra
ALARM - Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile. Carried by the Panavia Tornado
Blue Steel - Nuclear armed missile. Carried by the Avro Vulcan and Handley Page Victor V Bombers. In RAF from 1963 to 1970.
Harpoon - Air-to-surface all-weather over-the-horizon anti-ship missile. Carried by the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod.
Hellfire - Air-to-surface anti-tank missile.
Martel - Anglo-French air-to-surface anti-radiation missile. Carried by the Blackburn Buccaneer and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod.
Maverick - Air-to-surface missile. Carried by the British Aerospace Harrier II, Hawker Siddeley Nimrod and Panavia Tornado.
Sea Eagle - Air-to-surface sea-skimming anti-ship missile. Carried by the Blackburn Buccaneer and Panavia Tornado.
Shrike - Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile. Carried by the Avro Vulcan.
Thor - Land-based intermediate-range ballistic missile. In RAF service from 1959 to 1963. See Project Emily
Surface-to-air
Bloodhound - Land-based surface-to-air missile. In RAF service 1958 to 1991.
Rapier - Land-based surface-to-air missile operated by the RAF Regiment.
Tigercat - Short range surface-to-air missile system. Operated by the RAF Regiment from 1967 to 1978. Replaced by the Rapier surface to air missile.
Unguided air-to-surface rockets
2-inch RP air-to-air, air-to-surface rockets. Retired
RP-3 air-to-surface rockets. Retired
SNEB 68-mm air-to-surface rocket pods
CRV7 air-to-surface rocket pods
11-kg (25-lb) 76.2-mm (3-inch) air-to-surface rockets. Retired
28-kg (60-lb) air-to-surface rockets
Laser-guided bombs
Paveway
Paveway IV
Paveway III
GBU-12
GBU-24
Homing torpedoes
Mark 24 mine - Obsolete
18" Mark 30 torpedo - Carried by Avro Shackleton and Hawker Siddeley Nimrod. In service from 1954 to 1975.
Mark 44 torpedo
Mark 46 torpedo - Carried by the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Marconi String Ray Torpedo - Carried by the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
List of Royal Air Force munitions
Cooper bombs - "20lb" bomb used in First World War
Blockbuster bomb - "High Capacity" bombs carried by the Avro Lancaster, de Havilland Mosquito and Vickers Wellington.
Bouncing bomb - Specialist mine for attacking German dams.
Grand Slam bomb - 10 ton earthquake bomb, only used for special targets.
Tallboy bomb - 5 ton bomb, only used by the Avro Lancaster.
BL755 cluster bomb - Withdrawn from service in 2007 and 2008.
JP233 anti-runway weapon.
List of nuclear weapons of the RAF
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- F-4 Phantom II
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- List of cruise missiles
- Brimstone (missile)
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- Bloodhound (missile)
- BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile
- RAF Mepal
- RAF Spadeadam
- PGM-17 Thor
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