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Old 11th Feb 2020, 20:26
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Originally Posted by weemonkey
Nope.

The RAF neither has the technical expertise or corporate knowledge to maintain an airborne nuclear weapon system.

Of course there are still some active old gits going around who may have the skills, but they would have to make an extremely attractive offer to get us out of bed in the morning...
it was briefly considered at senior levels by the RAF back in 2009 in the run up to SDSR 2010 and quickly dismissed as being a bonkers idea.
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