BLUE STEEL H-BOMB MISSILES lined up in a hangar at the Royal Air Force bomber base at Scampton, Lincolnshire. No. 617 Squadron (“The Dam Busters”) is the first to be equipped with this weapon. The Blue Steel is designed as standard armament for the Mark 2 version of the Vulcan and Victor bombers, and enables targets to be attacked from outside the range of local defences.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 7
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66BLUE STEEL H-BOMB MISSILES lined up in a hangar at the Royal Air Force bomber base at Scampton, Lincolnshire. No. 617 Squadron (“The Dam Busters”) is the first to be equipped with this weapon. The Blue Steel is designed as standard armament for the Mark 2 version of the Vulcan and Victor bombers, and enables targets to be attacked from outside the range of local defences. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30065, 25 February 1963, Page 7
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