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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 2

Thirty years ago, during the Falklands conflict (Malvinas for the Argentine people) shipping loses to the Royal Navy were beginning to mount. Something had to be done to remove the threat of attack from the […]

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 4

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. […]