V Bomber Programme Wednesday

MY guess is this programme is the one that has been on a couple of years ago, but then it was called BRITONS COLD WAR SUPER WEAPONS. even if it is the same one, its well worth a watch. Its just One two hour programme. but as i say well worth recording!!! 🙂

Whilst on the subject of V-Bombers don’t forget that Newark has a V-Force reunion event next April details here and here!

I would’ve been fine-i used to practice the ‘Duck and Cover’!! (Which sounds like the name of a pub, now i think about it!)

I was involved with the UK nuclear deterrent in three different phases. You can have no idea how difficult it was to get the Valiants across the N Atlantic at 40,000 ft in the early/mid-50’s. We, in Met, were practically making it up as we went along (just look at the normal commercial transatlantic crossing heights at the time!).
Then, at the height of the Cold War, we knew that if we had to deliver the Bucket Of Instant Sunshine then ‘our’ crews were on a one-way ticket. AND, even if you lived (as I did) only 15 miles from a V-bomber airfield, you knew that when “they” replied you were toast. But you couldn’t tell anybody that.
And later, when I was the Met Man on the Home Office Civil Defence Cttee, one learned just how little could be expected to be done for the vast majority of the population in a post-detonation environment. And (as a Reservist) I asked this Brigadier at a nuclear briefing “What my Unit would most likely be employed in?”. I expected to be told that we would be involved in some hairy meteorological enterprise(s). Not so. “Guarding Tesco wagons and shooting civilians, until you succumb to radiation sickness” was the somewhat chilling reply! But you couldn’t tell anybody that! Just remember that when you get shots or stories on the programme.
The technicalities will be fascinating – but there were people involved, don’t forget that!
HTH
Resmoroh

This makes you realise all it would have/will take is one Bucket Of Instant Sunshine for the whole of civilisation as we know it to finish!

Right –ON.

Spot on Resmoroh. 😎

Bill T.

I was involved with the UK nuclear deterrent in three different phases. You can have no idea how difficult it was to get the Valiants across the N Atlantic at 40,000 ft in the early/mid-50’s. We, in Met, were practically making it up as we went along (just look at the normal commercial transatlantic crossing heights at the time!).
Then, at the height of the Cold War, we knew that if we had to deliver the Bucket Of Instant Sunshine then ‘our’ crews were on a one-way ticket. AND, even if you lived (as I did) only 15 miles from a V-bomber airfield, you knew that when “they” replied you were toast. But you couldn’t tell anybody that.
And later, when I was the Met Man on the Home Office Civil Defence Cttee, one learned just how little could be expected to be done for the vast majority of the population in a post-detonation environment. And (as a Reservist) I asked this Brigadier at a nuclear briefing “What my Unit would most likely be employed in?”. I expected to be told that we would be involved in some hairy meteorological enterprise(s). Not so. “Guarding Tesco wagons and shooting civilians, until you succumb to radiation sickness” was the somewhat chilling reply! But you couldn’t tell anybody that! Just remember that when you get shots or stories on the programme.
The technicalities will be fascinating – but there were people involved, don’t forget that!
HTH
Resmoroh

😉 Look out for the footage filmed at Newark Air Museum and several other UK venues.