Red Angel, a rainbow code name, was an anti-ship unguided rocket developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm as a counter to the Soviet Union's Sverdlov-class cruiser. The goal was for a weapon with a range of 5,000 yards (4,600 m), enough to keep the aircraft out of the range of the ship's anti-aircraft guns.
Red Angel, a rainbow code name, was an anti-ship unguided rocket developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm as a counter to the Soviet Union's Sverdlov-class cruiser. The goal was for a weapon with a range of 5,000 yards (4,600 m), enough to keep the aircraft out of the range of the ship's anti-aircraft guns.
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