THE AVRO VULCAN

 

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