At the height of the Cold War, Vulcan bombers carrying nuclear missiles were a key part of Britain's deterrent. The only action that XH558 saw was in the Falklands War in 1982 when it flew 8.000 ...
Two of the most dramatic actions of the 1982 Falklands War have been recalled ... of life and the attack on Stanley airport by a British Vulcan bomber in the longest air raid flight in history.
Summary: The USS Phoenix, originally designed to counter Japanese forces and a survivor of Pearl Harbor, became the only ship ever sunk by a nuclear submarine when HMS Conqueror targeted it ...