41 Squadron trialled it with 1ACC in the UK in 1967 and on exercises in Cyprus in 1968.
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The Datalink equipment was installed at The CRC at Caoe Gata at Akrotiri, linked to the bloodhound units on Bloodhound Ridge at Episkopi.
The controller had a switch on the side of the PPI display to activate the link and slave the azimuth and elevation of the FUs to the screen cursor which was placed over a target. the switch was supposed to be left off except during trials.
The Cursor also had an inter-console marker mode (ICM) where the marker could be shared from console to console to allow the Chief Controller to allocate a target to a controller, or a controller to hand over control to another etc.
The operators also got bored during night shifts and used to use the ICM to play Battleships between consoles, using the GEOREF squares as targets.
Cue the night when someone forgot to disable the link and a hysterical Bloodhound unit watched as their missiles slammed from side to side in response to cursors jumping a60-120 miles at a time….