Guy Alcala wrote:

The RAF refused to wire the GR.3s for AIM-9s until they were forced
to for the Falklands (and then had to remove it again when they were
re-rolled for bombing during the conflict, as the SHARs were felt to
have the A/A game well in hand).

They had a similar view on ECM equipment. "Chaff dispensers? Silly
things. Who needs them?"

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