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Old 10th Aug 2015, 20:40
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CM, and of course there is a hidden advantage in a single mission force. They can't be redeployed to a different mission (possibly their secondary role of ASW
) unlike the pressure Harold Wilson came under when he deployed just 4 Vulcans out of area. When he permitted the deployment of two whole sqns that involved a lot of shuffling of plans.
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