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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    According to the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) when the Task Force was assembled there were nuclear weapons on board HMS Hermes, HMS Invincible, HMS Broadsword and HMS Brilliant. The nuclear weapons from HMS Broadsword and HMS Brilliant were transferred to HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible...
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    Were any 155mm guns actually destroyed by a Laser-Guided-Bomb (LGB)? This is often stated in British accounts but I have also heard that the success of the LGB missions was exaggerated because the RAF wanted more money invested in these weapons. It would be nice to know from somebody who...
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    HMS Coventry was too close to land for the Sea Dart missile system radars to be effective against aircraft flying low with land behind them; the pilots used this ‘cover’ to good effect. HMS Exeter fired three Sea Dart missiles on 30th May in open water but also importantly HMS Exeter was the...
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    Yes, I understood, no offence caused. :) Yes, usually 24 to 48 hours for repairs to be made. Even in the case of XW919 which it is often stated was not returned to action, this aircraft was repaired in about 36 hours, but the conflict was over. The engine change for XV789 took about 60...
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    And thanks to Ken: 16/05/1982 Sea Harrier ZA191 Lieutenant Simon Hargreaves RN – Hit in the tail by small-arms fire after a cannon attack on the Bahai Buen Suceso but returned to HMS Hermes. I have added this to my original list.
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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    Good evening Thunder, I agree, ground attacks were very risky for the Harrier GR3 pilots. You posted your list while I was attempting to make my list of damaged aircraft and it makes an interesting comparison. Please allow me to make some comments. The total number of Harrier GR3 flown...
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    An incomplete list (possibly) of damaged Harrier / Sea Harrier aircraft that returned to aircraft-carriers: 01/05/1982 Sea Harrier ZA192 Flight Lieutenant Dave Morgan RAF – Hit in vertical tail by 20mm cannon-fire over Stanley Airport but returned to HMS Hermes. 16/05/1982 Sea Harrier...
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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    A correction to this information. Sea Harrier ZA192 crashed just after take-off and so did not take part in the toss-bombing attack on Stanley airport (by three other Sea Harriers) on 23 May. Also the damage to the horizontal stabiliser of Sea Harrier ZA192 looks like it was caused by...
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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    Excuse me for answering; it is an identification marking to avoid any possible confusion with the Argentine Type-42 destroyers (correct, Ken? :)). ---- Perdón por responder, es una marca de identificación para evitar cualquier posible confusión con los destructores Tipo-42 argentinos...
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    I agree with most of that.....except if you turn the piece upside-down it becomes the left wingtip (the top of the photograph is the end of the wingtip). I also do not think that the damage looks like missile damage but could possibly have been caused by an impact with the sea (a very slight...
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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    Incredible photograph.....thank you for posting. I have been looking at this photograph for much of the day and I have come to the conclusion that this is from the left (port) wingtip... ...not the right (starboard) wingtip of a Canberra. ---- Increíble fotografía ..... gracias por...
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    Where does this report come from? One possibility, now that possibly two aircraft are damaged, is that they may have collided with each other? However it seems that both aircraft are damaged at the extreme right wingtip so this seems unlikely. To my thinking it seems extremely unlikely...
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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    A total of 10 RAF Harrier GR3 were used on combat missions during the conflict, the first mission was flown on 20 May. All combat missions were flow from HMS Hermes until 2 June when a Forward Operating Base (FOB) was completed at San Carlos. RAF Harrier GR3 aircraft attacking Sapper Hill...
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    Malvinas War/ Guerra de Malvinas

    Hello Enrique, Thanks to yourself and all at the Zona Militar for the invitation to join your forum. I am not a veteran of the conflict but have a great interest in military history and the Malvinas / Malvinas conflict in particular. The Saturday before the surrender would be 12 June and...
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