The Avro Vulcan
Was
an RAF
Delta
Wing strategic bomber
And
was the backbone of the Uks
Airborne
nuclear deterrent
During
a long period
Of
the Cold War
It
carried no defensive weaponry
So
had to rely on its high-speed
And
high-altitude flight
To
evade interception
Until
the advent
Of
Electronic countermeasures
And
although it spent
Much
of its career
Armed
with nuclear weapons
The
Vulcan was still capable
Of
performing conventional
Bombing
missions
A
fact underlined
Very
effectively in 1982
When
it was used in
Operation
Black Buck
During
the Falklands War
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