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November 27th 06, 06:47 AM
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B-58's targets in a nuclear war
A 1968 letter from Defense Secretary Clifford to State Secretary Rusk
at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/jo...b/xii/2262.htm mentioned that the air bases in Spain were originally built for SAC operations and some B-58 bombers and accompanying tankers were earmarked for forward deployment there. How many refuels were needed for a fully-laden B-58 to bomb its target in the USSR and come back to Spain? On a side note, Vice Admiral Gerald E. Miller wrote in his book "Nuclear Weapons and Aircraft Carriers" that the Navy RA-5C Vigilantes - operating from carriers in the Bay of Biscay - were assigned to targets in Eastern Europe. 
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