Chad Irby wrote:

Guy Alcala wrote:

The RAF refused to wire the GR.3s for AIM-9s until they were forced
to for the Falklands (and then had to remove it again when they were
re-rolled for bombing during the conflict, as the SHARs were felt to
have the A/A game well in hand).

They had a similar view on ECM equipment. "Chaff dispensers? Silly
things. Who needs them?"

To be fair, the RAF did buy and install ALE-40s in a hurry during the war,
and also managed to develop (well, the contractor did) and install the
gun-pod mounted jammer (Blue Eric IIRR) in only a few weeks.

Guy