Manufacturers A V Roe & Co (Avro) named the aircraft 'Vulcan' after the Roman god of fire. The plane initially carried the UK's first nuclear weapon, the Blue Danube gravity bomb, and was equipped ...

During the Cold War, the UK required long-range, high-altitude bombers to deliver nuclear payloads, and that's when A.V Roe & Company (Avro) came up with Avro Vulcan. This development was made due ...