than there are flying in the Royal Air Force today.
Is the true?
2007-02-01 05:26:31 · 5 answers · asked by spamalot 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
no
2007-02-01 05:30:29 · answer #1 · answered by 2 good 2 miss 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The British nuclear force is the Navy using Trident missiles.When it was decided that the RAF would no longer be the prime nuclear strike force the need for bombers was no longer there so there are no longer dedicated bombers but obviously many modern fighter/multi role aircraft can can deliver lighter bombloads with with modern weapons are as devastating as huge bombs carried by the old bomber were.So the answer is yes the RAF no longer use bombers
2007-02-03 00:44:37 · answer #2 · answered by frankturk50 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Afraid so the last true bombers were the Vulcan and Victor bombers these were retired and not replaced. The job of the Bombers is being done by multi-role fighters and Ballistic missiles. So there are no bombers operational in the UK unless uncle sam pays a visit.
2007-02-01 06:23:40 · answer #3 · answered by brian L 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It wouldn't surprise me if that were true, in modern warfare large bombers are used less and less, high speed fighter bombers with laser guided munitions can take out targets without the need for carpet bombing.
If you are ever near Yeovil go to RNAS Yeovilton, the fleet air arm museum is there, all kinds of planes there, from really old biplanes to the developmental Concorde prototype - and you can go inside it!
2007-02-01 05:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Technically there are bombers in the modern Raf, the tornado is a multi-role aircraft but is primarily used for low level bombing, it's the best in the world at what it does, that's why it is always used by the Americans in time of war to bomb airfields and AA sites etc, but as for high level bombers, nope none.
2007-02-01 05:53:55 · answer #5 · answered by agincort 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋