Avro Vulcan bombers stand lined up at RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire in 1960 - Getty It’s ironic that the finest hour of Britain’s V-Force of strategic nuclear bombers came long after it had been stripped ...

Britain’s three V-bombers were created as part of Britain’s nuclear deterrent in the Cold War. Of these, the Vulcan is the best known. Despite the grim primary reason for the Avro Vulcan bomber - ...

A bolt from the blue was the logic. Even if only a handful of bombers survived the launch phase, only one needed to reach its target. Each crew carried a meticulously scripted route and a pair of ...

In the early Cold War, the Royal Air Force fielded three separate strategic bombers—but relinquished all three amid advances in anti-air technology. Today, only three countries on Earth field a ...