The Vulcan's bomb was not on the centre line of the runway, it just clipped the edge. Militarily it was was a pointless waste of resources and it stopped precisely nothing. The Argentinians had no plan to use that airfield as a military base because as it was unsuitable and could be shelled by British ships at night when their aircraft could not fly. They still used the airfield right up to the last night night for transport flights, so any claim that it made any difference to the local situation is complete crud. I seem to remember "one bomb Beetham" and even that missed. Great effort by all involved though. I'm not sure 30 years on it was worth it.
Last edited by Navaleye; 11th Mar 2012 at 01:03.