Query on Vulcan/Falklands War?

[Wader2]

Originally Posted by Kitbag

I think you'll find that B2's were quite capable of fulfilling the requirement to drop 35,000lbs of conventional weapons from their bomb bay, and get in and out higher and faster than the Vulcan.

In design terms probably quite true but by the time of the Falklands all the B2s, which had never been free-fall bombers, had been through Hawker Siddley (forgot the name before) and undergone strip and rebuild. By the time of the FI they would have had no bomb doors, no NBS for the reasons stated, and few Nav Radar (Bomber) who would also have been out of practice. That said, a Vulcan Nav Rad could have used the kit instead.