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Britain built 136 Avro Vulcans to drop nuclear bombs on the Soviet Union. They flew one war, in 1982, with conventional bombs.

Britain built 136 Avro Vulcans, the most numerous strategic bomber the RAF ever operated. Each was designed to carry a single ...
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Fighter jets kept climbing to 45,000 feet to shoot down Britain’s Avro Vulcan bomber. According to its pilots, not one ever managed it

Summary and Key Points: The Avro Vulcan was designed as a bomber, but it was never defined so tightly in practice. Britain's great delta-winged V-bomber handled like a fighter, and at 45,000 feet it ...