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Valiant Units of the Cold War
By Andrew Brookes and Chris Davey
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The RAF's first Cold War strategic bomber, the Vickers Valiant, was procured as an insurance measure in case either the Vulcan or Victor was found to have a serious flaw. The Valiant was the equivalent of the US B-47 Stratojet, and it blazed the trail for the British airborne nuclear deterrent as the aircraft enjoyed a far more active service career than later V-bombers. It was the launch platform for all British free fall nuclear weapons tests both in the Pacific and in central Australia, it took part in the Suez campaign in 1956 and it was the only V-bomber to drop (conventional) weapons in anger until the Falklands operation in 1982. The Valiant was modified to serve in the electronic warfare, strategic reconnaissance and airborne tanker role, but it had to be grounded in early 1965 when the aircraft succumbed to metal fatigue.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A snappy contribution to this series which examines how this machine fitted into British defense policy and its operational history from nuclear deterrent, to showing the flag, to its participation in the Falklands War. That the author was a pilot on these machines means that there is often a wry tone relating to how things got done in the RAF.