On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 12:43:09 -0500,
Alan Minyard wrote:
On 31 May 2004 16:01:19 GMT, Alistair Gunn wrote:

The reason the Argentines came in low was Sea Dart, and the reason they
knew to come in at low to beat Sea Dart[1] was because they had two Type
42s of their own. However it's only prudent to assume that it if someone
sells you military kit that the version they sell you isn't as good as
the one they use themselves, so they might have been concerned that a
pop-up attack would have left them fatally exposed to Sea Dart[2]?

[1] Though I believe they was a successful engagement with Sea Dart
against a target at 50 feet?
[2] Though, IRIC, the Type 42s (and HMS Bristol) where never deployed
into San Carlos Water.

I have often wondered why the Brits did not use manpads. Were they
unavailable?


they had blowpipe as their manpad. it was not very useful against fast
movers and IIRC press reports were not very flattering about its
performance.

www.naval-history.net/F64argaircraftlost.htm has a list of argentine
aircraft losses.