NORAD. It was a test to see how NORAD’s radar network and defense would fair against a full scale Russian bombing assault. After B-47 flew low and first dropping chaff followed by mid altitude B-52s flying in only 1 of the vulcans was detected and considered a kill.
and the Avro was an insanely good strategic bomber. With one of the best defensive loadouts of the 1960s
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its did 2 things good, it was manueverable for a bomber, and it could jam stuff (chaff still a thing btw, and B-52 has jammers too).
speed was lacking, payload was lacking, range was lacking (even the B-58 outranges it)
and it had nearly 5000 chaff on-board
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source? and what size chaff?
Best bet is this
Yup, and a very good RWR and rear-facing radar.
Was expanded for the Blackbuck raids too.
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Vulcan was a good aircraft especially for it’s time. Was also very adaptable to multiple roles.
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cant find number easily for b-52. but it did have decoy missiles (ADM-20) and 8x AN/ALE-24 chaff dispensers from what i could find.
B-52 and The vulcan while serving the same role followed to different strategies for operation.
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nowhere near as adaptable as a B-52 though. its solid jet but not some superbomber
Originally :
1x Green Palm voice comms jammer
2x Blue diver metric jammers
3x Red shrimp S-band jammers
1x Blue saga PRW
1x Red steer TWR
and the aformentioned chaff
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They are allowed to like a jet, not everything is a cock measuring contest with america
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Well the B-52 has never been used as a refueler.
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avro vulcan length: 97 feet
B-52 length: 159 feet
on another note, I love british cold war naming schemes, ‘red shrimp’ is a classic, or ‘purple possum’ which was a nerve agent
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Ok I got a laugh out of that.
did they put over a dozen long range cruise missiles on vulcan though?
got it beat in wingspan too