Originally Posted by
ozleckie
Surely one of the major reasons for the RAF losing the Nuclear Deterrent Role was the due to the fact that, whether at high or low level, it was almost certain that the bomber would be shot from the sky the minute it crossed the Iron Curtain. Wouldn't that still hold true.?
I don't think that they would have all been shot down - many yes, all, no. The key weaknesses was the time to generate the force and the time to launch them before the incoming strike.
The airborne deterrent is a classic use it or lose it play.