Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
Up until the arrival of the Jaguar, the Canberras and Phantoms carried US Bombs. The Americans provided the maintenance and the ultimate level of Security. It was the same at St Mawgan with the nuclear armed depth bombs, this time the US Navy provided the engineers while the a US Marine Corps Security detachment provided a security ring inside the RAF Police one. All were armed.
FB
corrected it for you. One reason for dropping the NDB was the greater kill prob of the Stringray torpedo, not least because an NDB would f*** up acoustic sensors for a long time.