The link he provides is beyond awesome....and the photo you see above is from that link. An Argentinian A-4 attacking British shipping.
Now take another look.
Did you only see the A-4 in the center of the photo?
Or did you notice his wingman to our visual right?
Low level attack in a small airplane. I can't even begin to imagine how small the target must be with a high speed anti-ship cruise missile.
that is the airplane of Capitain at that time pablo carballo a gentleman of the air. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Carballo
ReplyDeleteHe always have praise the English professionalism.
It was taken from the hsm boadsword http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Broadsword_%28F88%29
http://www.hmsbroadsword.co.uk/gallery/falklands82/coventry/cov2.htm
at the end of each war you have to praise the professionalism of each side regardless or any other side. Of course if they respect the war rules.
Guille
I do apologize Solomon I did not read your link before the part of the information that I give you was there. sorry Guille
ReplyDeletebeyond awesome. i have corresponded with Sharkey who was the great British Harrier pilot during the war and he only has praise for the Argentinians.
ReplyDeleteit seems like that part of the conflict was fought with much courage on both sides.
NO...the info you provided was awesome. i didn't know from what ship the photo was taken or who was the pilot.
ReplyDeleteyou definitely filled in some gaps for me!
The RN was always one good hit on HMS Hermes away from having to concede the conflict. At least according to the task force commander Adm Woodward.
ReplyDeleteThe Argentinian pilots were certainly brave but could have been served better by their leadership and support units.
The leadership could have waited another year for the RN carriers to be gone, have provided more Exocet's, not withdrawn the better ground troops after the initial takeover, etc.
Luck also played a big part. The one day the Argentinians planned a coordinated naval strike the weather was freakish dead calm and with no wind of the decks they couldn't launch. Then again the RN SSN's couldn't find the carrier group either.
Some have said that Woodward's book is the best naval combat book since the Cruel Sea. In my view it's better on many levels.
Besides losing 2 destroyers and 2 frigates even more were seriously damaged and would have been sunk had the bombs been properly fused. An LSL and large container ship were also sunk. By the time the campaign ended of the original surface ships only two were still in the fight. A few things going the other way and Argentina might have pulled it off.
Now try something as small as a Vandal drone at Mach 2.5 or the even smaller Coyote at Mach 2.8. Both have been shot down regularly by Aegis over the years.
ReplyDelete@Solomon: Many thanks for your repply mate, I really enjoy your blog and it was a boost to know that I contributed with this small piece of information. If you ever come to london you have a good pint waiting for you at the Palm Tree Pub
ReplyDelete@Late agree with you mate
@Sferrin That was the last war in witch pilots and not just technology could make a difference.
Lane totally agree...
ReplyDeleteSferrin have they been shot down in combat conditions? the reason why i ask is that the Israeli's almost lost a ship to a slower, older missile and the ones you describe sound cutting edge. full scale combat is the real test.
Guillermo, i hope to take you up on that one day!