As the Government reveals the UK will once again have an airborne nuclear deterrent, a new book recalls the glory days of the Valiants, Victors and Vulcans ...

Its huge, four-jet Vickers Valiant is Britain’s first long-range A-bomber to hit the production line.

The Vickers Valiant, the Handley Page Victor, and the Avro Vulcan were all selected to make up the force, entering service in 1955 through 1957 respectively.

The Vickers Valiant, the Handley Page Victor, and the Avro Vulcan were all selected to make up the force, entering service in 1955 through 1957 respectively.

The United Kingdom’s nuclear force in the early 1960s relied upon the so-called “V-Force” strategic bombers: the Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant. The bombers were set to ...

Other bombers, such as the Vickers Valiant, were designed by competing manufacturers in response to this brief, but most did not advance past the prototype stage.

The United Kingdom’s nuclear force in the early 1960s relied upon the so-called “V-Force” strategic bombers: the Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant.

In 1956 a Vickers Valiant became the first RAF aircraft to drop the British atomic bomb during a test at the Maralinga range in Australia.