What would have been the impact on the dogfights FAA vs Sea Harriers FRS.1 if Argentina had disposed MiG-21MF/bis & MiG-23MS/MF with R-13M/R-60 during the air war over Falklands.
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And also with other fighters.
The purpose of this thread is not to engage in...
I was in Kew and while rummaging in some tanker files (yes, yes, I know, it's getting to be a problem. I need a hobby) I found a reference to 28 cases of New Zealand whisky being flown to Ascension on a VC10 (that strengthened floor was good for something after all) or a Herk. This had been...
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the Falklands war occurred in 82
Ark Royal (or another ship of the same class?) was decommissioned in 79
What if they had opted to delay the decommissioning by a few years
but then the Falkland war occurred anyways
Would the Ark Royal have been sent?
would it have contributed differently than...
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I was doing a bit of research on another topic, and came across some info on the Argentian TAM (Tanque Argentino Mediano) medium tank, which got me to thinking. After they had sized the islands, how come the Junta didn't ship at least a few of those...
Could the IA-58 Pucará be classified as the last Torpedo Bomber, at least developmental wise, of the 20th Century?
For those of you who are not familiar with it, AX-04 was a prototype of the IA 58 Pucará, modified during the Falklands War as part of a joint Air Force/Navy project hoping to...
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