RAF Vulcan crews assigned to Quick Reaction Alert lived under the assumption that a Soviet first strike could arrive with ...
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Could Vulcans escape a nuclear first strike?

RAF Quick Reaction Alert relied on Vulcan bombers scrambling within minutes of warning to avoid destruction on the ground.
A sonic boom heard across parts of the East and South East of England sounded like "an explosion", shook houses and set off ...