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Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Aug 2020, 22:13

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Telling the V Force story at the home of Vulcan XL319

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Posted By NutLoose

Found the article online Full article here ...

Found the article online

Full article here

https://www.keymilitary.com/article/weapons-war-blue-steel-nuclear-missile

i wonder what the true figure would be when taking in the attrition...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Aug 2020, 21:55

Replies: 20

Telling the V Force story at the home of Vulcan XL319

Views: 6,155

Posted By NutLoose

The mag is this one, I never realised the reason...

The mag is this one, I never realised the reason the nuclear capability was passed to the Navy was due to the planned replacement of Blue Steel with the SkyBolt from the USA but Kennedy cancelled...

Forum: Military Aviation

2nd Aug 2020, 16:36

Replies: 20

Telling the V Force story at the home of Vulcan XL319

Views: 6,155

Posted By NutLoose

Yes it’s an interesting read, indeed the whole...

Yes it’s an interesting read, indeed the whole article is, reliability was an issue with them, some of it you couldn’t make up, the lead design company for the missile ( who hadn’t built one before )...

Forum: Military Aviation

1st Aug 2020, 20:46

Replies: 20

Telling the V Force story at the home of Vulcan XL319

Views: 6,155

Posted By NutLoose

Fascinating article in Britain at War re the Blue...

Fascinating article in Britain at War re the Blue Steel.

It was estimated only 45% would successfully launch the missile and of those 75% would hit the intended target.

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