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Aviation History
1959
1959 - 0491.PDF
16 FLIGHT 20 FEBRUARY 1959 THE VULCAN GETS NEW STRIKING POWER AVRO STAND.OFF BOMB GIVES V-BOMBERS EXTRA FLEXIBILITY IN ATTACK Britain's most advanced V-bomber, the new Avro Vulcan B. Mk. 2, due to enter service with RAF Bomber Command next year, will be equipped to carry one of the most powerful weapons ever invented for the preservation of peace. This is the Avro Stand-off bomb, first air-to-ground guided missile to be developed in this country, which is designed to destroy an enemy target without the aircraft having to penetrate the ring of defences. Designed and built by the Weapons Research Division of A. V. Roe, the Stand-off bomb gives new power to the Avro Vulcan which becomes an even more formidable bulwark against aggression. AVRO VULCAN POWERED BY BRISTOL OLYMPUS ENGINES A. V. ROE & CO. LIMITED, MANCHESTER/MEMSEff OF HA WKEft SIDDELEY AVIATION DIVISION? '.::':'•:: ••>*. '\s
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