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The Handley Page HP.100 was a tendered submission to build a long-range high-speed reconnaissance aircraft for the Royal Air Force able to overfly Soviet territory in the face of anti-aircraft defences and to supply information for the V bomber force carrying nuclear weapons.The operational requirement OR.330 specified an unarmed radar-equipped aircraft capable of cruising in excess of Mach 2 able to reach Mach 3 and having a range of around 5000 mi (8050 km).