Thread: That Falklands bombing mission

I remember this from the time. Pivotal moment in the war, and a mission held together with sticky backed plastic and chicken wire.

They were beautiful machines those "V" bombers, the Vulcans and the Victors, I remember seeing them at every air show we went to on whichever RAF base we were living on at the time.

seen this before, good doco

The Vulcan is based just round the corner from where my dad lives, at Doncaster airport, ironic really as the Vulcans were once based there, I used to go a lot with my cousin who was based there.

One of the Longest Runways in the Uk at Doncaster. closed down many years ago.

Aslo should be noted, the Vulcan raids were really total waste of time.

At the time the RAF were trying to prove they could still project air power world wide. and of course they could not, and I think would struggle to do so now.

One bomb out of 21 hits the target, would not the harrier have done a better job, as it was already there? The Harrier did win the air war in this conflict.

The Frigates could have done alot more damage than a few old vulcans would have ever done.

But at the end of the day it was more about the effects of the raid, more than what it really did, and it would have put fear in the enemy.

Originally Posted by juddy

and it would have put fear in the enemy.

best way to win a war.

Is this available from "tpb other sources" rather than sit in front of the computer for 50 min?

Originally Posted by Eevo

best way to win a war.

Maybe not the Taliban

Originally Posted by juddy

Maybe not the Taliban

the US wasnt able to inject fear into the Taliban