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The English Electric Thunderbird was a British surface-to-air missile produced for the British Army. Thunderbird was primarily intended to attack higher altitude targets at ranges up to approximately 30 miles (48 km), providing wide-area air defence for the Army in the field. AA guns were still used for lower altitude threats. Thunderbird entered service in 1959 and underwent a major mid-life upgrade to Thunderbird 2 in 1966, before being slowly phased out by 1977. Ex-Army Thunderbirds were also operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force after 1967.

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  • Die Thunderbird war eine landbasierte Flugabwehrrakete aus dem Vereinigten Königreich. Sie war die erste Flugabwehrrakete der Streitkräfte des Vereinigten Königreichs. (de)
  • L'English Electric Thunderbird était un missile sol-air britannique produit pour l'armée du Royaume-Uni. Il était prévu initialement pour attaquer les cibles volant le plus haut et à des distances d'au-moins 30 miles. Les canons anti-aériens étaient toujours d'actualité pour engager les cibles volant plus bas. Ce missile fut la seule arme lourde sol-air du Royaume-Uni et ne fut jamais remplacé après avoir été retiré du service. (fr)
  • The English Electric Thunderbird was a British surface-to-air missile produced for the British Army. Thunderbird was primarily intended to attack higher altitude targets at ranges up to approximately 30 miles (48 km), providing wide-area air defence for the Army in the field. AA guns were still used for lower altitude threats. Thunderbird entered service in 1959 and underwent a major mid-life upgrade to Thunderbird 2 in 1966, before being slowly phased out by 1977. Ex-Army Thunderbirds were also operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force after 1967. Thunderbird had performance similar to other semi-portable missiles like the US MIM-23 Hawk and fully mobile Soviet 2K11 Krug, although it pre-dates both of these systems. After its mid-life upgrades, which shared several components with the RAF's Bristol Bloodhound, Thunderbird featured a continuous-wave radar semi-active homing system that was highly resistant to radar jamming and deception, and was able to track targets even at very low altitudes. Thunderbird was the Army's only heavy anti-aircraft missile. As missile systems like Thunderbird made flight at medium and higher altitudes practically suicidal, nap-of-the-earth flying became the norm and even shorter-range, faster acting systems were needed. Thunderbird's role was taken over by the much smaller BAC Rapier as it became available. (en)
  • Het English Electric Thunderbird Surface to Air Guided Weapon System (Thunderbird SAGWS) zoals de volledige naam luidt was een door de firma English Electric Ltd. ontworpen raketsysteem voor de luchtverdediging dat van 1960-1977 door de Britse landmacht werd gebruikt. Wereldwijd zijn er nu slechts enkele exemplaren van over als museumstuk. Er bestaat wat verwarring over dit raketsysteem, dat vanwege de uiterlijke gelijkenis ten onrechte vaak wordt verwisseld met het wat nieuwere Bristol Bloodhound-raketsysteem van de Britse luchtmacht. * Thunderbird Mk1 was operationeel bij de Royal Army van 1959-1966 * Thunderbird Mk2 van 1966-1977 Het Thunderbird raketsysteem was ook operationeel bij de krijgsmacht van Saoedi-Arabië, Libië en Zambia. (nl)
  • L'English Electric Thunderbird era un missile terra-aria prodotto dall'azienda britannica English Electric dagli anni cinquanta del XX secolo e rimasto operativo nel British Army fino al 1977. Il sistema era stato concepito principalmente per attaccare bersagli a quote elevate e a distanze fino a circa 30 miglia, fornendo la difesa aerea delle unità dell'esercito sul campo di battaglia, integrato dai cannoni contraerei Bofors da 40 mm per le minacce a quote inferiori. Caratterizzato da un radar a onda continua e da un sistema di guida SAHR (Semi-active Homing Radar) altamente resistente alle contromisure elettroniche, condivideva diversi componenti con il similare Bristol Bloodhound in servizio nella Royal Air Force. Alcuni sistemi Thunderbird Mk.1 sono stati acquistati, usati, dalla Royal Saudi Air Force nel 1967. (it)
  • O English Electric Tunderbird foi um míssil superfície-ar britânico produzido para o Exército do Reino Unido. A função primária do míssil era a de proteção dos combatentes em solo no campo de batalha ao atacar alvos de alta altitude até 48 quilômetros (157 000 pés), baterias anti-aéreas de baixa altitude eram utilizadas em conjunto com o sistema, pois com a presença do Thunderbird em campo forçando os alvos a voarem baixo as baterias ficavam encarregadas de alvejá-los. Começou a ser desenvolvido em 1949 com a finalidade de substituir a artilharia antiaérea pesada, tinha asas curtas, quatro aletas grandes na cauda e um motor de sustentação de combustível sólido e quatro foguetes de impulsão do lado de fora. O míssil entrou em serviço em 1959 e passou por uma grande atualização de meia-idade em 1966 com a apresentação do Thunderbird 2, depois foi sendo retirado lentamente até 1977. Os mísseis Thunderbird tiveram performance similar aos mísseis MIM-23 Hawk estadunidense e o totalmente móvel 2K11 Krug soviético, embora ele seja antecessor a estes outros sistemas. Após as suas atualizações de meia-idade, que compartilhou vários componentes do míssil da Força Aérea Real, o Thunderbird apresentava um sistema de radar de localização de onda continua que era muito resistente à contra medidas eletrônicas, sendo capaz de travar em alvos de baixa altitude. (pt)
  • English Electric Thunderbird var en brittisk luftvärnsrobot som utvecklades för att skydda brittiska trupper mot luftanfall. Det var Storbritanniens första mobila luftvärnsrobotsystem och det ersatte de tunga luftvärnskanoner som tidigare använts för detta ändamål. Det var också det första mobila luftvärnsrobotsystem som hade räckvidd att skydda en hel armékår, något som gjorde att brittiska Rhenarmén som första större arméförband fick heltäckande luftförsvar på hög och medelhög höjd. Thunderbird ersattes av Rapier på 1970-talet. (sv)
  • Инглиш Электрик Тандербёрд (англ. English Electric Thunderbird — Громовая Птица из мифов канадских индейцев) — британский зенитный ракетный комплекс, состоявший на вооружении с 1957 по 1977 год. Разработан по заказу Британской Армии для защиты военных баз и стратегических армейских объектов. (ru)
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  • Thunderbird II at Imperial War Museum Duxford (en)
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  • Die Thunderbird war eine landbasierte Flugabwehrrakete aus dem Vereinigten Königreich. Sie war die erste Flugabwehrrakete der Streitkräfte des Vereinigten Königreichs. (de)
  • L'English Electric Thunderbird était un missile sol-air britannique produit pour l'armée du Royaume-Uni. Il était prévu initialement pour attaquer les cibles volant le plus haut et à des distances d'au-moins 30 miles. Les canons anti-aériens étaient toujours d'actualité pour engager les cibles volant plus bas. Ce missile fut la seule arme lourde sol-air du Royaume-Uni et ne fut jamais remplacé après avoir été retiré du service. (fr)
  • English Electric Thunderbird var en brittisk luftvärnsrobot som utvecklades för att skydda brittiska trupper mot luftanfall. Det var Storbritanniens första mobila luftvärnsrobotsystem och det ersatte de tunga luftvärnskanoner som tidigare använts för detta ändamål. Det var också det första mobila luftvärnsrobotsystem som hade räckvidd att skydda en hel armékår, något som gjorde att brittiska Rhenarmén som första större arméförband fick heltäckande luftförsvar på hög och medelhög höjd. Thunderbird ersattes av Rapier på 1970-talet. (sv)
  • Инглиш Электрик Тандербёрд (англ. English Electric Thunderbird — Громовая Птица из мифов канадских индейцев) — британский зенитный ракетный комплекс, состоявший на вооружении с 1957 по 1977 год. Разработан по заказу Британской Армии для защиты военных баз и стратегических армейских объектов. (ru)
  • The English Electric Thunderbird was a British surface-to-air missile produced for the British Army. Thunderbird was primarily intended to attack higher altitude targets at ranges up to approximately 30 miles (48 km), providing wide-area air defence for the Army in the field. AA guns were still used for lower altitude threats. Thunderbird entered service in 1959 and underwent a major mid-life upgrade to Thunderbird 2 in 1966, before being slowly phased out by 1977. Ex-Army Thunderbirds were also operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force after 1967. (en)
  • L'English Electric Thunderbird era un missile terra-aria prodotto dall'azienda britannica English Electric dagli anni cinquanta del XX secolo e rimasto operativo nel British Army fino al 1977. Il sistema era stato concepito principalmente per attaccare bersagli a quote elevate e a distanze fino a circa 30 miglia, fornendo la difesa aerea delle unità dell'esercito sul campo di battaglia, integrato dai cannoni contraerei Bofors da 40 mm per le minacce a quote inferiori. Caratterizzato da un radar a onda continua e da un sistema di guida SAHR (Semi-active Homing Radar) altamente resistente alle contromisure elettroniche, condivideva diversi componenti con il similare Bristol Bloodhound in servizio nella Royal Air Force. Alcuni sistemi Thunderbird Mk.1 sono stati acquistati, usati, dalla Royal (it)
  • Het English Electric Thunderbird Surface to Air Guided Weapon System (Thunderbird SAGWS) zoals de volledige naam luidt was een door de firma English Electric Ltd. ontworpen raketsysteem voor de luchtverdediging dat van 1960-1977 door de Britse landmacht werd gebruikt. Wereldwijd zijn er nu slechts enkele exemplaren van over als museumstuk. Er bestaat wat verwarring over dit raketsysteem, dat vanwege de uiterlijke gelijkenis ten onrechte vaak wordt verwisseld met het wat nieuwere Bristol Bloodhound-raketsysteem van de Britse luchtmacht. (nl)
  • O English Electric Tunderbird foi um míssil superfície-ar britânico produzido para o Exército do Reino Unido. A função primária do míssil era a de proteção dos combatentes em solo no campo de batalha ao atacar alvos de alta altitude até 48 quilômetros (157 000 pés), baterias anti-aéreas de baixa altitude eram utilizadas em conjunto com o sistema, pois com a presença do Thunderbird em campo forçando os alvos a voarem baixo as baterias ficavam encarregadas de alvejá-los. Começou a ser desenvolvido em 1949 com a finalidade de substituir a artilharia antiaérea pesada, tinha asas curtas, quatro aletas grandes na cauda e um motor de sustentação de combustível sólido e quatro foguetes de impulsão do lado de fora. O míssil entrou em serviço em 1959 e passou por uma grande atualização de meia-idade (pt)
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  • Thunderbird (Rakete) (de)
  • English Electric Thunderbird (it)
  • English Electric Thunderbird (fr)
  • Thunderbird-raketsysteem (nl)
  • English Electric Thunderbird (ru)
  • Thunderbird (missile) (en)
  • Thunderbird (míssil) (pt)
  • English Electric Thunderbird (sv)
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