‘We don’t want to die’ This is a very short summary of some of the social and cultural features associated with the deployment of nuclear weapons – and particular nuclear …
Civil defence and M.A.D. In this step we consider the following: Centrally organised civil defence was formally ended in 1968. In its place the Government’s ‘Protect and Survive’ civil defence …
‘Scramble!’ We used this video step to try and address the following questions, out of the many we might have considered: The concept of the ‘scramble’ really dates from the …
Watch the skies. We filmed this video step in the c.1940 RAF control room model in the Battle of Britain Hall at RAF Hendon. Here were our ‘prompt points’ for …
Missiles only When we came to consider this topic, we rather stripped down our discussion to the following statement: Has the fad for ‘missiles only’ gone away; or has it …
The Soviet bombers When considering how to put this video step together, we thought of the following statements to frame what we wanted to say. The Soviet nuclear threat was …
Defending the skies. This week we examine: The threat of nuclear bombers from the Soviet Union The responses of the RAF The changes we see with changing technology. The Soviet …
Skybolt Erratum At 00.47 in the next video Emmett meant to say late-1950s (rather than 1960s)! Cheers, Lauren. Exactly the way to start a step – just point out my …
Thor Missiles. Here are our comments and questions for this video step: Project Emily came out of Eisenhower’s concerns in 1957 that long-range ICBMs would not come online quickly enough. …
Footage of the interview with Andy at the RAF Cosford Air Show, cut with flight footage of Vulcan XH558 (Vulcan Bomber) in the air. Andy was a Vulcan navigator plotter …
The V-Force in Action As ever, we came into this discussion with some questions and comments in mind to structure the discussions: The Valiant in particular was designed with the …
The Bomb: Developing & Testing When thinking about this topic, here are the questions we came up with to frame the discussion: Britain’s first atomic test came in 1952. Following …
Ordering the V-Force When we considered how to structure the discussion for this video step, these were the questions and statements we thought of using: What was the logic of …
The Global Strategy Paper: Interview with Seb Cox Sebastian Cox is the Head of the Air Historical Branch of the RAF, and he is also a director of the Royal …
The Start of Britain’s Nuclear Deterrent In this article, we consider the following questions and statements: The McMahon Act effectively cut the British out of the legacy of the Manhattan …