Like its companion book The 'Secret' World of Vickers Guided Weapons, this account is based on the author's involvement as an engineer at Vickers through the 1950s and early 1960s. This time the author looks at a number of projects that challenged the company, including the Light AA missile and anti-tank guided weapons, but primarily the TSR2. Included are details on the groundbreaking navigation and attack system, its Cold War context, its requirements and the development of ATF (terrain following). There is also in-depth analysis of automatic flight control systems, analogue and digital simulations at Weybridge and the reconnaissance pack for mapping enemy territory. It finishes with a look at the final throes of TSR2's cancellation by the Labour Government in 1965. Nevertheless, the TSR2's system engineering and the very team that executed it led to the systems in today's Tornado. Book jacket.