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has gloss | eng: Blue Water was the Rainbow Code name for a British nuclear missile under development in the 1960s. Blue Water, like Blue Streak, was a planned homegrown nuclear deterrent for use against the Soviet Union. Unlike Blue Streak, Blue Water was envisaged as a surface-to-surface missile to be used against ground troops: a battlefield nuclear weapon. Blue Water was planned to be operational by 1966 but in 1962 the then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan scrapped the project. |
lexicalization | eng: Blue Water |
instance of | (noun) a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control missile |
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has gloss | ita: Blue Water era il nome in codice ("Rainbow Code" nella terminologia della Forze armate britanniche) per un missile balistico tattico nucleare britannico in sviluppo nei primi anni sessanta. Il Blue Water insieme al Blue Streak, fu pianificato come progetto di sistema darma sviluppato in piena autonomia dal Regno Unito, intenzionato a dotarsi durante la guerra fredda di capacità di deterrenza nucleari contro lallora Unione Sovietica. |
lexicalization | ita: Blue water |
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