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Old 31st Aug 2010, 22:03
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Navaleye
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Yes its Hermes. Looks like the second is Eagle, which would put it in the late 60s. Great to see the Type 984 working. Contrary to other accounts it was very reliable and incredibly capable. The whole thing looks heavy and complicated, but it wasn't. The Cossor IFF antenna was heavier than than whole 984 which was just a big glass fibre tub. Victorious had 7 fighter directors, all of which could carry out individual intercepts. It blew the USAF away, even with Sea Hawks. They had nothing like it and it was the genesis of Aegis. This was in the late 50s.
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