EE Lightning – nuclear Bomber!?
Read in Chris Gibson’s Secret Projects.
Desperate times lead to desperate measures …..
In the early 1950s the prospect of a formation of Soviet nuclear armed bombers heading our way lead to the idea of strapping a nuclear bomb to a Lightning to deal with them. No idea whether this was to be a kamikaze type mission though carrying a 2000lb Red Beard isn’t going to help its interception range.
In the end nuclear warheads became smaller and the idea was abandoned in favour of using the Bloodhound missile as the delivery method.