Since the Buccaneer and Phantom kept me gainfully employed from 1970 until they went out of service in the early 1990's I have been contemplating joining the discussion but seeing the post from PN above I could not resist starting with a fond memory.
Some years ago, Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork gave a very informative and entertaining presentation on his association with the Buccaneer to the Brough branch of the RAeSoc. Early in the presentation he was describing the intended primary role of the Buccaneer in attacking the Russian Sverdlov class cruisers. As he put it, 'we were not planning to blow a few holes in them with iron bombs, we were going to vaporize the buggers'