Cold War intercepts of Soviet Aircraft with the RAF (44)

Cold War Conversations - "vivid & compelling" The NY Times

Ian Sanders

Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.8 • 863 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Nick Anderson is a former RAF Phantom jet fighter pilot. We discuss flying in the Cold War and in detail how the RAF would have responded to a nuclear attack. We also talk about how QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) worked and hear details of a number of missions Nick flew intercepting the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 codenamed "The Bear" by NATO. We welcome Nick Anderson Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
0:05.8	The four minute warning, the sirens would go, and our actions, when that went off,
0:12.1	we had four minutes to scramble every aircraft that could fly off the base.
0:17.7	Welcome to Cold War Conversations.
0:25.6	This is the British Broadcasting Corporation.
0:35.6	Soon as, it's all, even, finds... The United Poland's
0:38.3	Two, seven,
0:40.3	one,
0:41.3	six,
0:42.3	six,
0:43.3	nine,
0:44.3	eight,
0:46.3	eight,
0:47.3	three.
0:48.3	Poland's military leader,
0:51.3	General Jaroselski
0:52.3	urged the Polish people tonight not to demonstrate on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the founding of the banned trade union solidarity.
1:03.0	And I'm here to host this final program from the German Democratic Republic for you.
1:09.0	Today we're speaking with Nick Anderson, who was a RAF, phantom, a jet fighter pilot in the
1:16.5	Royal Air Force. We discussed flying in the Cold War and in detail how the RAF would have responded
1:22.8	to a nuclear attack. We also talk about his time with the quick reaction alert units and how they
1:30.4	worked and we also hear details of a number of missions. Nick Flew intercepting the Soviet
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