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Old 16th Jan 2008, 21:35
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Navaleye
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SAG tactics in the Falklands against a threat such as the Belgrano group would have commenced with a Sea Skua attack against the two Sunmner class escorts to disable them - if necessary by repeated attacks. Once achieved, the SAG would have closed on Belgrano and launched a strike of up to 12 Exocets on the Belgrano which would have sunk her. Any survivors would be finished off by gunfire. These were tactics planned in detail and practised. Thankfully for them our SSNs got to them first which saved a lot of lives.
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