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Old 8th Dec 2015, 22:42
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SNEB rockets were not used aboard carriers because of R/F problems with the fuse. The 2" rockets used by the RN were not as stable aerodynamically as SNEB and carried a smaller warhead. They were developed as an A2A weapon but could do damage to upper-works and aerials in the anti-ship rôle.

In '82, we designed an attack against the Arg T42 destroyers using rockets and bombs, which worked very well against our own ships but was never tried against the Arg Navy. It relied on a well choreographed attack with 6 aircraft, exploiting the ZD notch and scanning system of the 909 radars.

First weapons on target were LOFT VT fused 1klb bombs, followed swiftly by 2"rockets, with the coup de grace being lay-down 1klb retard bombs.

Post 82, we got the Sea Eagle which allowed one to be back in the crew-room by the time the enemy went bang - great improvement. And what a war-head!!

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