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Second Encounter : When we used the radar to direct the fire of 155 mm against British Ships that were doing Naval Bombardment , this lasted several nights until they retailate and hit us back on the night of June 11 .- Enrique, I am curious about this. One of my primary areas of interest in naval ...

Second Encounter : When we used the radar to direct the fire of 155 mm against British Ships that were doing Naval Bombardment , this lasted several nights until they retailate and hit us back on the night of June 11 .- Third Encounter : On the night of June 11 when tracking the ships for the launc...

You are welcome Sir - This is a very nice Forum related to Navy Ships , beautifull photos and accounts of Naval battles .- Even do I was with tripple A , I've had close encounters with the British Navy - First Encounter : May 01 when we were hit by Naval Bombardment , Radar parcially destoyed on top...

Good Morning I have a question -
At the bottom of the page it shows how many are on line , when I go on line my name comes up , but many times I see;
Google - Bot then I see Yahoo - Bot and Mr MSN - Bot -
That this mean that Mr Bot is on line through yahoo / Msn and google at the same time ?

Bgile wrote:Thank you for your posts here. This conflict was important all over the world because of the technology used on both sides, and you are an important resource to those of us who have an interest.

Thank you Sir for allowing me to be in this your Forum .-

We will not change the out come of the Conflict , we will only be able to learn more in detail each military accion that took place during those days .- Forum are very interesting because one is able to read both sides of the story .- With all due respect for the Man from both Countries , and to the...

What was the reception given to the officers and men on their return to Argentina, given the fall of the junta and the fact that the army in the Falklands/Malvinas had surrendered rather than fight to the last man? In order to answere this question and to better understand what happen in the Island...

reydelcastillo, can I ask some personal questions. What happened to you and your men when your C.O. Benjamin Fernandez, finally capitulated his forces at Port Stanley? Were you held as a POW for any great length of time or were you repatriated back to Argentina more or less straight away? I gather ...

Another aspect of these radar installations is that as there position was clearly mapped by the British, if the ARM strike failed they would have come under commando attack from the ground. Was that possibility considered by the defenders, what precautions were taken - was there a large troop garri...

I am not clear why the Soviets would want to jam the Argentine radar. At this time the Cold War was still on, even though the Soviets were forced to negotiate deep cuts in their nuclear arsenals with President Reagan, I would have thought that the Soviet interests would be for Argentina to win that...

Sorry to hear that.... I read too that just turning off the radar in the presence of the ARM-equipped aircraft disrupted the attack. Is that true? If you realize that a Vulcan is going by in search of a target well yes you would have a good chance by turning of the radar , but you would be blind , ...

That first mission on May 01 at about 0430 am was pickup by the radar , I saw what was a tolal of 5 or 6 ecos on the screen at 090 degrees and about 70 miles away , it was reported to the Air Post Comand , they told us no friendly in the area so we presume hostile , the ecos came closer and the airp...

Something intresting is the first mission by Sea Harriers out of the Carriers on may 01 -

marcelo_malara wrote:Enrique, I remeber reading that the Argentine radars were attacked with Shrike ARM (anti-radiation missile). Is this true?

Kind regards

Yes Sir that is correct , one mission hit close to the antena of the Air Force radar , another mission hit a Skyguard Fire Director ( killing 4 ) of my Unit -

reydelcastillo wrote:we always saw Airplanes coming up from a general area between 070 and 110 degrees and we pick up theire eco between 70 and 890 miles away -

Wrong numbers , correct numbers are : between 070 degrees and 110 degrees , distance detween 70 and 90 miles ( nautical miles ) sorry about that -