The V-Bomber

The RAF's V-bomber force consisted of three high peformance strategic bombers, the Valient, Victor and Vulcan forming the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear strike force duing the 1950s and 1960s. Under the Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) system, the aircraft could be scrambled in under 2 minutes in response to an attack. This was made possible using a system called "Mass Rapid Startup" which allowed the entire aircraft and all 4 engines to be started with one button. The Vulcan was armed first with the fission weapon Blue Danube, superseded by the thermonuclear Yellow Sun.

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• v-bomber
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• nuclear
• cold
• war

[sonicbombHD]

The main music is an edit of two tracks from the Call of Duty 2 video game soundtrack, and of course a snippet of Floyd at the end.

[BigBeakedCrow]

@VisionOfPersistence I second that. Please tell us what music you used.

[brumbiesfan97]

GOODBYE BLUE SKY AT THE END!!!!!!

[tcp000]

UK forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jimbo99ful]

0:45 that take off looks brilliant. Always gives me a chill when I see a nuclear explosion.

[VisionOfPersistence]

Wonderful mixing of footage and music. Speaking of which, can you please tell us what the music is? Whatever it's from I want to hear more!

[Gruntol5]

Yes, very thought provoking ending.

[rspoiuytr9]

Shame they didn't get more money to upgrade them...