Pete, that form of attack is EASILY countered with a conventional Aircraft Carrier and AIRBORNE early Warning like the E-2C Hawkeye. Then you can extend coverage out to almost 1000 miles and those Buccaneers would not have gotten close.
Quite correct, however the Task Force did not have an organic AEW capability. At some point a number of Sea Kings were modified for that role, but I don't think they came into service until after the war.
We did have Nimrod MR2, but given the distances from Ascension Islands, and the area the Task Force was spread over, the coverage was patchy..That was one of the reasons why we approached the Chileans about basing them somewhere a lot closer..
Regardless the the MR2 was not a dedicated AEW platform, so I am doubtful as to how effective they would have been in that role.
Originally Posted by jorgeI
During the Falklands (as you probably know) you guys had SAS/SBS dudes on the beach transmitting Indications and Warnings.
Yeah, at the time some of that became public when that Sea King had to ditch on a beach in Chile, and since then there's been lots of other rumours/speculation about exact nature of their missions.
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