Osprey Publishing (uk) Tsr2: britain's lost cold war strike jet/andrew brookes

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The TSR2 is one of the greatest what-if aircraft of the Cold War, whose cancellation still generates anger and controversy among aviation fans.

It was a magnificent, cutting-edge aircraft, one of the most striking of the Cold War, but fell victim to cost overruns, overambitious requirements, and politics.

Its scrapping marked the point when Britain's aerospace industry could no longer build world-class aircraft independently.

After the demise of TSR2 the RAF's future jets would be modified US aircraft like the Phantom and pan-European collaborations like Tornado and Typhoon.

In this book the eminent air power analyst and ex-Vulcan bomber pilot Andrew Brookes takes a fresh, hard-headed look at the TSR2 project, telling the story of its development, short career, and cancellation, and evaluating how it would have performed in Cold War strike roles as well as in the recent wars in the Middle East.

About the Author: Andrew Brookes flew over 3, 000 hours as an RAF reconnaissance and strike pilot.

He was a UK nuclear release officer in NATO and the last operational RAF Commander at the Greenham Common cruise missile base.

He was coordinator of air power studies at the RAF Advanced Staff College and he is now Chief Executive of The Air League.

He broadcasts widely and this is his 18th aviation book, including four for Osprey.

Bio from Tony: Andrew Brookes completed RAF pilot training after graduating from Leeds University.

Following reconnaissance and strike tours on Victors, Canberras and Vulcans he joined the tri-service policy and plans staff of Commander British Forces, Hong Kong.

After being in charge of the multi-engine, helicopter and flying training desks in the RAF Inspectorate of Flight Safety, he was appointed as the last operational RAF Commander at the Greenham Common cruise missile base.

He studied International Relations at Downing College, Cambridge, before becoming a Group Director at the RAF Advanced Staff College.

From 1999 to 2009 he was Aerospace speciali.