Hercs used for anti-ship bombing by Argentina
On Jan 16, 8:06*pm, "Ray O'Hara" wrote:
"Keith W" wrote in message
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Ray O'Hara wrote:
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
the Argies re-fused bombs from ground use to anti-shipping use and
their attempt failed. many of the re-fused bombs
that did hit failed to explode.
the Antelope was one such bomb that initially failed to explode, it
was later accidently set of by the Bomb defuser.
most others were successfully rendered safe.
The problem with the Hercules bomber was rather more fundmental.
One of the two ships they managed to hit was a US flagged tanker
which did nothing to endear them to the US government.
Keith
that they hit anything is amazing.
Fortunately for the UK the Argie Army and Navy didn't have the balls the
Argie Air Force had.
The guys on the Argentinian GUPPY boat drove their sub about as hard
as they could.
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