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A low-level Mach 0.9 bomber ("equivalent to Valiant Mk II") presents its own challenges in a pre-pulse-doppler radar era.No-one would believe in 1954-55 that the BEAR would be a front line bomber for the next 70 years. In 1958, the US assessment was that the Soviets were probably working on supersonic, intercontinental bombers using nuclear power and / or exotic chemical fuels, probably going to take longer than 1962 for the nuclear version, and probably wouldn't have an operational hypersonic (Mach 5.0) glide vehicle before 1962.
A low-level Mach 0.9 bomber ("equivalent to Valiant Mk II") presents its own challenges in a pre-pulse-doppler radar era.
No-one would believe in 1954-55 that the BEAR would be a front line bomber for the next 70 years. In 1958, the US assessment was that the Soviets were probably working on supersonic, intercontinental bombers using nuclear power and / or exotic chemical fuels, probably going to take longer than 1962 for the nuclear version, and probably wouldn't have an operational hypersonic (Mach 5.0) glide vehicle before 1962.
