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Old 5th Apr 2016, 23:47
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Originally Posted by fantaman
Afternoon all,




We didn’t replace the V force bombers as we had Tornado, which was reported to be inferior in terms of delivering nuclear weapons and no real replacement for The V force. Does anyone else think we need to look at another long range bomber? The US and Russia still do and they are forging ahead with replacement programmes?



Thanks

Martin
The TSR 2 was supposed to replace the V Force long before AFVG was resurrected as MRCA (Tornado).
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