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“Operation Mikado”: A one way mission to wipe out Argentine Exocet Missiles during the Falklands War

July 21, 2012 Richard Clements

The sinking of HMS Sheffield had made the Exocet missile a fatal threat to the Royal Navy… Thirty years ago, during the Falklands conflict (Malvinas for the Argentine people) the Argentine Navy became the first […]

30 years ago today, one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time: a long range surprise attack to the Falklands

April 30, 2012 Richard Clements

At 22.30, on Apr. 30, 1982, the first engine of some 13 Hadley Page Victor K2 Tanker aircraft spooled into life and announced the start of one of the RAF’s greatest missions of all time. […]