http://www.airpower.at/news02/0410_falklands/index.html
http://www.airpower.at/news02/0410_falklands/exocet_3.htm
http://www.airpower.at/news02/0410_falklands/exocet_4.htm
Translation makes it very difficult to read and figure out and better links would be welcome. However, the basic question is – were the Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor covered by SHAR CAP, if so, how did the attackers escape?
Other accounts mention the AM-39 going for the AC by fluke, after going through a chaff cloud (should’nt the proximity fuse have triggered?) and reacquiring the AC.
Also, why was’nt the Veinticinco de Mayo used in the conflict?
By: hawkdriver05 - 9th June 2005 at 23:39
25 de Mayo came VERY close to launching an air strike against the British task force……7 skyhawks were on deck loaded with 3 500lb bombs, pilots in the cockpits (even started engines a couple of times) this was 3 escadrilla caza e ataque……….but there was no wind………..so, no launch……….the Brits had no AEW so 2 escadrilla’s SuEs had no real difficulty getting away once they had launched the AM.39s…….they came in at wave top hight and only pulled up every now and then to scan with their AGAVE radars………
By: Arabella-Cox - 9th June 2005 at 20:55
Also, why was’nt the Veinticinco de Mayo used in the conflict?
Originally it was deployed. Before Conqueror sunk the Belgrano, the Argentinians deployed their naval assets in two groups – the carrier to the North, the cruiser to the South. But after the Belgrano was sunk, the Argies were rattled and ordered their ships to return to port.
So although many sailors were lost with the Belgrano, the rest of the Argentinian Navy was spared from a direct fight with the RN.
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June 9, 2005 at 7:59 pm