TSR.2 Integrated weapons system: A Preliminary Assessment of British Aircraft Corporation's Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance Bomber which also has Strategic Capability

ALTHOUGH the first formal specification for the TSR.2 was formulated in the shape of General Operational Requirement 339, in 1956, the industry and the Royal Air Force had for some time previously been ‘sketching’ the outlines for a Canberra replacement. The English Electric Canberra was designed to specification B.3/45 as a high‐altitude medium bomber and, since its conception, has been produced and operated in a wide range of roles; including bomber, photographic reconnaissance, trainer, night interdictor, and target drone.