V Bombers: Britain's Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War

This is the story of a very British deterrent. Much has been written about the V-bombers – the Valiant, Victor and Vulcan – but virtually nothing has been said about their strategic nuclear strike role. How would Britain’s small force of subsonic bombers have retaliated following a Soviet attack? Would they have succeeded in visiting thermonuclear catastrophe on their Soviet targets?

V-Bombers: Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War is the first detailed account of the operational capab...