Hurrah
Black Buck 1 was a tremendous achievement and one that we can take enormous pride in. Sure, the tactical effect may not have been as great as we would have hoped (although it was still pretty good and no doubt commenced the destruction of Argentinean morale on the islands alloing a numerically inferior force to win on the ground), but the operational and strategic effect was undoubtedly highly significant. This was particularly important in keeping Argie fighters at home protecting the home base, instead of dropping bombs on HM ships or providing top cover for those aircraft that were.