It was often the nearest contact when you ‘popped up’ to take a look at around 75-80 nm if there was no MPA providing SURPIC (VASTAC was more appropriate for Martel attacks). If that was a picket ship then so be it. The preferred target was a capital ship or the oiler. However, it was a risky tactic to go for a contact in the centre of the SAG and risk a proportion of your missiles being engaged and taken out. 24 Sea Eagles into one ship would more than likely disable it. The next wave could then go for the next ‘nearest and dearest’ contact employing a ‘peel the onion’ tactic. This would then continue until missile stocks were depleted or until it was deemed safe enough to go in with PW IIs.