{"product_id":"9781911714361-vbombers","title":"V-Bombers","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBritain's Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eV-Bombers: Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e is the first detailed account of the operational capability and credibility of the airborne nuclear deterrent during the peak years of confrontation with the Soviet Union. 70+ V-Force aircrew and ground crew were interviewed and 300+ operational research reports and official documents reviewed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eV-Bombers: Britain’s Nuclear Frontline in the Cold War\u003c\/em\u003e is the first detailed account of the operational capability and credibility of the airborne nuclear deterrent during the peak years of confrontation with the Soviet Union.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the product of seven years of research by the author, Dr Tony Redding. It includes a great deal of fresh material on V-Force weapons, war mission, targeting, vulnerabilities and tactics for attacking targets within Soviet Russia. Over 70 V-Force aircrew and ground crew were interviewed and over 300 operational research reports and other official documents reviewed. The author demonstrates how the V-bombers retained a unilateral capacity to destroy a small number of the very largest cities in the Soviet Union in the period until the handover of the strategic nuclear deterrent to the Polaris submarines in 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis core retaliatory threat, centred on the destruction of Moscow and Leningrad, was judged severe enough to undermine Russia’s position in relation to the United States. In short, a few British V-bombers had the destructive capacity to destabilise the balance between the superpowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes that, within the first few hours, a small force of surviving V-bombers could have unleashed the explosive power of all Allied bombs dropped on Germany in six years of war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sobering thought and a fascinating and necessary read for all those interested in this period of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57932007211382,"sku":"9781911714361","price":22.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41439158_c9ca6378-4af1-42f2-afc7-8a9709d5a60c.jpg?v=1779934684","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781911714361-vbombers","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}