On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:28:05 GMT, "Thomas Schoene"
wrote:

"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote in message

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:03:03 +0100, "José Herculano"
wrote:


An Argentinian 707 shadowing the British fleet pulled 7 G to
avoid a couple of Sea Dart missiles. She too landed.

The second claim is incorrect. No Sea Dart missiles were ever launched
at the shadowing aircraft. by a British vessel, although at one point
they nearly did, before identifying the aircraft as (IIRC) a Brazilian
charter flight.

No, it's correct. It is true that the British never fired on the 707s that
shadowed the main Task Force on its trip south, and those flights ended for
several weeks after a pointed warning.

However, the Argentines did eventually resume the flights, conducting
reconnaissance against British reinforcements headed south from Ascension.
On 22 May, HMS Bristol and HMS Cardiff each fired a pair of Sea Darts at a
707 belonging to Grupo 1, which took evasive action as desribed above.

Odd, I thought that incident was against a Lear Jet. Bloody
memory......

Peter Kemp