South African Victors and nuclear delivery

Was South Africa's plan for eight Handley Page Victor B.2s connected to its nuclear weapons programme?

No. The Victor proposal is tied to prestige, while Canberras were the intended nuclear-delivery aircraft.

The proposed South African Victor force is connected more to prestige than to nuclear strike requirements. South Africa's stated delivery concept instead involved parachute bombs carried by Canberra aircraft. The bombers would therefore have served a different purpose from the country's planned nuclear-delivery aircraft. The brief exchange does not specify what conventional missions or basing arrangements the Victors would have used.