In that very case the Iraqis used their Exocets with Super Frelon, Super Etendard (leased examples!), Mirage F1 and MiG-23. All targets were merchant ships and the mayority of that were tankers. The main idea was to rise fear and cost and not to win a sea battle. In this topic it is about use of French technology from avionics and weapons with MiGs by the Iraqis. To the surprise of some readers here the Iraqis had no problem to mix or modify technology from different sources as long as it works for the domestic mission in mind. 😉
No, some post before, spoke of only had launched Exocet using Mirage F1EQ6
Exocet Attacks Were performed by:
a) Argentinian Super Etedard During The Falklands War
b) Iraqi Mirage F1EQ6 During The Iran-Iraq war
The mine is a clarification, since not only launched Exocet from the Mirage F1, but rather from the Super Etendard and from SuperFrelom rented.
Nothing more.
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