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I'm intrigued by the fact that, of the the different British V-bombers, the last remaining examples were decommissioned in the early 1980s (after their use in anger during the Falklands). From introduction to final retirement, the service life of the entire fleet was about 30 years.
On the other hand, the American B-52, designed and introduced in the same period, is still going strong today, and it is often stated that it will continue in operation for many years yet.
So: is it possible that one of the V-bombers cold have become a British equivalent of the B-52 - seemingly obsolete, but soldiering on into the modern day, albeit with modifications, long after more advanced aircraft have been and gone (like the F-111 and the B-1B)?