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Thor IRBM and the RAF
2013
Abstract: This is a history of the 4-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF bomber command operated 60 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force. In 1956 the US approached the UK to explore the possibility of basing IRBMs ...
Abstract | This is a history of the 4-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF bomber command operated 60 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force. In 1956 the US approached the UK to explore the possibility of basing IRBMs on UK soil amid growing concerns over Soviet missiles. Seeds were sown for the RAF to become sole operator of 20 squadrons with 3 missiles each. However, once bases were established in Continental America, the US considered the IRBM obsolete and it was decided to draw down the Thor force in 1962, 5 years earlier than originally planned. The Cu |
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Language | English |
Size | Online-Ressource (389 p) |
Publisher | The History Press |
Publishing place | Stroud |
Document type | Book ; Online |
Note | Description based upon print version of record |
ISBN | 9780752446110 ; 0752446118 |
Database | Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover |
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