YS, I agree. As for the idea of a Q platform at ASI, I understand that the 707 entered the Sea Dart MEZ and then exited before it could close to the kill zone.
Of course had the threat continued we could have sent F4s. In fact don't know why we didn't. Or as MJ alluded to, at least said we had. The idea of a threat is often far worse than the actual threat.
I like to think that Soviet submarines had to carry SAM in case they had to surface and could have been helpless in the face of a Nimrod BL755 attack. Just think of how much vodka had to be left behind to install an SA7.
