tarboat's photos with the keyword: woomerra

Night time in the square outside the heritage and visitor centre at Woomerra in South Australia. The area incorporates a large display of the various rockets that were tested on the Woomerra ranges and also a couple of aircraft including Canberra bomber.

On display at Woomerra is this AVRO Blue Steel missile which was developed as Britain's strategic air launched nuclear warhead delivery system in the 1950s although it did not go into service until 1963. Carried by Vulcan and Victor bombers the missile was reputedly very unreliable and also had a very short range. Its role was replaced by submarine launched Polaris missiles from 1968.