I see.... point taken about the re-allocation of fighters to the north of Corned Beef country.... the Vulcan would have been blown out of the sky surely? They must have known it was a bluff as we had no credable way of defending those fighters over the South Atlantic between the FI and Ascension Is. That would have required the allocation of one of the A/C carriers further North thus denting our own cover over the Falklands?
Then they could have attacked us at will with only a few SHARs in situ?
I still say it was a pointless mission and anyone that has read Sharky Ward's book on the air war will know that he too concurs!
What I was trying to point out was that for the cost of two or three Typhoons, the services could be equipped with a rifle that they could trust. This is very important to the 'grunt' on the ground as Im sure your Typhoon is to you fighter chaps!
Force Purple and all that, not slagging anyone off, just raising a few points..
After all this is a forum and not a self appreciation discussion!