The RAF had no nukes until the Early '60s ?
Given that the first production run at Winscale lasted 35 days and produced 135 grams of fissile material and the fact that it takes 4.5 kilos to make a 'Fat Boy' Bomb, that means it would take 4 and a half years to make a single bomb. Given that the UK's fake 'H Bomb', 'Orange Herald' used virtually all the available fissile material in it's manufacture, i.e. a single device used up all the (edit) fissile material leaving none for any real bombs. Given that the treasury were trying to half the size of the V-Force because there were 'no bombs' to put in them. Given that one ex Air crew when asked if there were any bombs in the RAF pre '62 replied Only iron ones The UK's cold war effort was purely propaganda. There were no (or very few) bombs before the yanks stepped in in '62. Always courting controversy Yours etc...
Last edited by RIHoward; 17th Aug 2010 at 19:57.