The Vulcan, Soviet Air Defence, and the Cold War 1

by Julian Grenfell

The primary aim of this book is to describe the operational role of the RAF's B2 Vulcan bomber in terms of how it came into being, the manner in which the aircraft was flown operationally, an overview of the Navigation and Bombing System (NBS) and the issues of dropping a bomb from a moving airborne platform. To be able to complete their mission, the crew would have had to successfully fend-off attacks by Soviet Air Defenses long enough for them to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804512311
• ISBN13: 9781804512319
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 120 Pages