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Old 26th Dec 2008, 19:57
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Kieron Kirk
 
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trap one

Thanks for that.
I gather that several Lynx were fitted with decoy/jamming equipment on RFA Fort Austin, becoming operational two weeks after the sinking of MV Atlantic Conveyor.

The Argentine Navy had 4 Super Etendards, plus one for spares, following the French embargo on further deliveries. 5 Exocets, of which 2 sank Sheffield and Atlantic Conveyor, the remaining 3 chaffed or decoyed away. It could have been a lot worse!

"All lessons that had been learnt during WWII and forgotten".

Ciarain.
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