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Old 3rd Nov 2008, 22:49
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Navaleye
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I remember doing a paper exercise after Corporate where we looked at the AIM-9 engagements, from memory we could only find two that were obviously outside the AIM-9G's envelope, one of which was Bertie Penfold's kill. The Argentines hyped up the value of the AIM-9L to disguise the fact that they were comprehensively out-flown and out matched by the Fleet Air Arm.

We also looked at Sea Dart engagements very closely, using Exeter's open water kills as an guide and found that at least a further 10 to 12 kills could have been obtained if GWS30 has functioned correctly and used in open water. The strategy of placing escorts in Falkland Sound to split up attacks was sound but would have worked better if a fully worked up T42 was positioned West of the Falklands in open water where its weapons system was very effective even against low level targets. If Glasgow's flash doors hadn't failed she could most likely have taken out all four A4s without help. I remember a debrief from her CO, Paul Hoddinot. She had both 909's locked on the raid and her Ops team could have managed three Sea Dart salvoes in the time it took the raid to reach the ship.
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