Pontius - the effect of attack speed on stick spacing is a given; however, the Vulcan was not capable of reducing vulnerability by increasing speed. In the event it was fortunate that the Argies did not devote more attention to Brain Hanrahan's 10 o'clock news broadcast the night before the raid. He said that the carrier's crew were busy loading bombs on the Harriers - knowing that the Vulcan was already airborne perhaps coloured my view but I would have thought that the only reason for loading bombs was to drop them and where else but Stanley Airfield.