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There are lots of other WTAF bits in the programme. It's densely packed with info.
Did it mention our promise to Chile that we'd never set foot on Chilean soil? Followed by our swift breaking of that promise following a bungled SAS raid on mainland Argentina resulting in only one feasible escape route....to cheese it into Chile. There are multiple reasons why Thatcher and the Tory party were so friendly to Pinochet. He saved us a few blushes.
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Yes, it was the radar. Chilean radar showed when aircraft took off from airfields in Argentina. RAF Wing Commander somebody was in Chile. Using sat phones which the head of Delta force had offered to Mike Rose, the SAS chief, the info got to our ships fast enough for the Sea Harriers to be in the air at the right time. I've always wondered how, given their limitations of fuel/range/flying time, the Sea Harriers managed to be in so many air battles.
It's been said many times that if we'd lost one more ship we'd have lost the war. How many more ships would we have lost if the Sea Harriers hadn't been given this advantage? Three or four?
There are lots of other WTAF bits in the programme. It's densely packed with info.