WP Conventional Bombing Raids

[Rainbow Six]

Afternoon all,

Wondered what everyone's opinions were on the likliehood of the WP Air Forces carrying out conventional bombing attacks on targets behind the front lines (e.g. airbases in the UK and the Netherlands, British and Dutch ports, POMCUS sites etc) before the War goes nuclear? Would Soviet strategic and medium range bombers be able to cause significant amounts of damage in rear areas or would NATO air defences be likely to intercept any attacking aircraft before they could get near enough to their targets to cause much damage?

I've always thought that it would most likely be something in between, with some bombers managing to get through and hit their targets, particularly those using air launched missiles which they could fire from some distance away, but I'm no expert on the subject and would be interested in other opinions on this...

Cheers