Weapons when on Dispersal
What was the standard practice when the V Force went to its dispersal airfields?
I assume that if the dispersal was for real, that war rounds would be loaded prior to dispersal and that the aircraft would sit armed at their dispersal ramps ready to go at 5 or 15 minutes. Thus making the loading of weapons at the dispersal site not possible.
Am I reading this thread correctly in that on all the dispersal exercises that were undertaken, that all the dispersed planes had drill rounds on them and so the only aircraft that could have launched a retaliatory strike during a dispersal exercise were those at the main bases?
Or have I misunderstood what has been posted above?