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:

• F-35
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• 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.

• Fireflash - Obsolete beam riding 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.
• 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.

• 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
• V Bombers
  . In RAF from 1963 to 1970.
• 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-skimming anti-ship missile. Carried by the Blackburn Buccaneer and Panavia Tornado
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• 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

• 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
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• 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.

• 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

• Paveway
  • Paveway IV
  • Paveway III
• GBU-12
• GBU-24

• 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

• 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.