Having read the books of both Sandy Woodward and Sharkey Ward, it occurs to me that some problems were caused by the run down of fixed wing naval aviation in the seventies, including....
- Many of the Sea Harrier pilots lacked experience in an air to air role.
- Some pilots lacked experience in using their radar.
-There was not as much expertise in using an air defence aircraft as a weapon system, as there might have been if large scale exercises involving organic air defence had occured.
Sadly we will probably be experiencing the same problems in a few years. Like so many other lessons of 1982, it seems to have been ignored.