FACTS
It amazes me some of the utter rubbish that is written on PPRUNE
First point the F3 had the Aim 9M not the Aim 9L
The GR1 Force did EXACTLY what they were supposed to do that is stop the Iraqi Air Force getting airborne and therefore gaining domination of the Air - FACT after day three or so there was no need to carry on with JP233 missions they had achieved what they needed to do. No GR1s were lost due to JP233 missions FACT - one aircraft crashed post target for reasons never proved. The biggest problem the RAF had was once Medium level tactics were adopted they lacked any form of self designating pod - hence the Buccaneers being sent out and later TIALD being used (2) pods at TABUK . The RAF lacked a Precision Guided Weapon as an example pilot X dropped 58,000lbs of weapons in Gulf War one but then dropped 6,000 lbs of PGWs in Operation Telic GW2
If people actually knew what the facts were perhaps they might stop writing such UTTER RUBBISH !!!