V BOMBERS: Britain's Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War

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Covers the development and deployment of the V-bombers - the Valiant, Victor, and Vulcan - including their nuclear strike capabilities. Discusses V-Force weapons, war mission, targeting, vulnerabilities, and tactics for attacking targets within the USSR. This core retaliatory threat, centered on the destruction of Moscow and Leningrad, was judged severe enough to undermine Russia's position in relation to the United States. In short, a few British V-bombers had the destructive capacity to destabilize the balance between the superpowers. Service ended with the handover of the strategic nuclear deterrent to the Polaris submarines in 1969.