It’s 10 weeks into the Falklands War, and two British Harriers find themselves protecting damaged ships. Suddenly, Argentine Skyhawks appear on the horizon and a fight ensues.
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Footage of a Tense Aerial Battle During the Falklands War
It’s 10 weeks into the Falklands War, and two British Harriers find themselves protecting damaged ships. Suddenly, Argentine Skyhawks appear on the horizon and a fight ensues.
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As usual England (and Britain) are outnumbered etc. Yet we know the result. May England never forget this, trafalgar, agincourt etc. ENGLAND NEEDS TO BE SOVEREIGN AGAIN!!🏴🏴
Jesus, the narrator is terrible, his delivery trivialises the subject.
Rule Britannia
Whenever the start off about how outmatched they were then you know they are lying.
The Empire Strikes Back. I had the great privilege of actually seeing a British Harrier. I really love the sleek black paint job on it, it looks very dynamic and advanced for the time.
Si No Fuera Por La Ayuda De Estados Unidos Equipando Con Misiles Y Otro Tipos De Armas A Gran Bretaña. Diría Que Argentina Saldría De Vencedor..
there are real cam recordings of real displays with real radar trackings and real sounds – this was a static naval gun camera I guess
The Argentine missiles were extremely erratic. The sidewinder missiles that got fitted onto the harriers were courtesy of the American military – don’t even believe the American aircraft had used them at the time. Think things may have been very different if we didn’t have them.
MALVINAS ARGENTINAS
I can just imagine how badass you would feel after a mission like that
Las Malvinas, Georgias y Sándwich del Sur son Argentinas ✌🏽🇦🇷
MALVINAS ARGENTINAS 🇦🇷
So what happened to the two state of the art British battleships that were sunk by the Argentinians? 😉 Some say they were hit by Exocet missiles launched from Argentinian Mirage Fighters. Others say that they were extraordinarily lucky dumb bomb hits from decades old A4-skyhawks. Some might say that it would be difficult for the Brits to admit that a French made missile sunk two state of the art British Battleships at that time… 😉
And to be fair, the Harrier, as much as I love her, has no chance against a proper fast fighter like the Mirage in the air. The Sidewinders of that era were rear aspect only and lucky to hit at even a good lock.
Tough opponents????
Was this the last war between professionals, where civilians were not involved?🤔
Britain was Back In Control after this war.
When British had balls!
But why a country like Argentina every think that it would be a great thing to declare war against UK ? Did they wanted to test the leader of that time – Thatcher ?
Apparently, a burglar was more interesting to the writers of The Crown than this whole conflict.
one down three to go no problem !! 😉
"No air to air losses" that's because argentine targets were the ships, not the Harriers. They came armed with bombs, not with dogfighting equipment. It was a different matter when Harriers were in offensive role against ground troops… when many ended up destroyed….
Argentina claiming the Falklands are theirs even after losing a war over them is like Donald Trump claiming victory after losing
Lloro saben porqueee esas islas hay un arco iris un tesoro son mis islas argentinas>
Con nada hicimos mucho vamos 💪 con mucho imagínense soldados y pilotos además de lo borracho y comilonas que eran los gegarcas galtieri y los demás de enviar soldados ni preparados solo con su amor a la patria en vez de soldados bien preparados "POLTRONIERI" en tierra y otros en aire puff ni te digo nosotros (ellos) chicos del norte tucuman chubut ushuaia mendoza córdoba ect fueron a pelear muy pocos de buenos saires igual si ganábamos o no los piratas (uk) se hiban a enojar y una locura hiban a cometer si ellos se hicieron a base de la sangre de muchos países de América y de Europa no digo tooda su gente si un poco más el gobierno y la milicia que tenían
PD si quieren discutir si son ARGENTINA O PIRATAS preparen libros que tengo de aca para mañana y 2 meses de lectura jaja
I watched a spanish air force Harrier at farnborough 2 years ago. It absolutely stole the show – put the eurofighter in the shade – the pilot hovered about 20M above ground for 2 minutes – incredible power and control.
Before the outbreak of this war;Argentinian navy used to have exercises with the US navy and SouthAfrican one.The battle doctrines were,for instance,western.
I wonder why if the Argentine aircrafts had missiles with twice the range, why didnt they use it in that moment? Just asking out of curiosity
Brits were good but the advantage were given by the american sidewinders, far superior than those in argentinian arsenal, argentinian ones had to be fired streight from behind as were heat seekers of previous generations, rather sidewinders could be fire from any position and were much faster and acurate
Flying fist on the tail fin shows it to the 899 squadron, which was a training squadron
Dichos "pilotos" contaban con la información ( brindada por chile) de cuando despegaban los casas Argentinos del continente y los esperaban con los Harrier en vuelo, si no fuera por esa información brindada por chile, sus pilotos estarían haciendo compania al HMS Coventry..
BRITAN NUMBA 1
Las Malvinas son de argentina mierda!
To be fair the a-4s weren't fighters and didn't even carry air to air missiles for self-defense or electronics and It was a little bit slower than the sea harrier. That being said, the harrier isn't a Fighter either. Notice he said he only fired 2 missiles and he was out? Those were sidewinders, which are short-ranged. attack aircraft will normally carry them for self-defense.
No cry england casi le hundimos toda la flota en español 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷👎😆
I liked skinny diving as product placement
To bad the RN had budget shortfalls, this was proof that the RN needed real aircraft carriers with a larger air wing.
I wonder: why didn't the Shyhawks also engage after being fired upon ? There are no rules of letting one party doing his thing first…
SMITHSONIAN DRAMA QUEENS
Os britânicos só retomaram as ilhas por causa do apoio chileno!
Some soldiers:lets go you aimbotted him fortnite players be like:aye he got haacks
Los británicos tenían los misiles norteamericanos !! Y los chilenos en la cordillera !! Así mismo ? No les salió gratis a estos piratas
CRÍMENES DE GUERRA CONTRA LA CONVENCIÓN DE GINEBRA: – dispararon contra tropas británicas después de enarbolar la bandera blanca, pintaron los letreros de la CRUZ ROJA en los edificios de Port Stanley donde estaban alojados los oficiales y otros donde se almacenaban las municiones, dispararon contra aviones británicos desde su barco hospital, utilizaron la oficina de correos como retrete, colocaron piezas de artillería entre las casas y la escuela, bombardearon un hospital de campaña marcado en San Carlos, ¿necesito ir más lejos?
Y LA ESCORIA ARGENTINA ENCERRÓ A LOS RESIDENTES DE "GOOSE GREEN" EN UN GRANERO DURANTE CUATRO SEMANAS.
Los argentinos deben aprender a respetar a sus vecinos del Sur.
Proud to have worked with the RNAS
I am in awe, of the 'syrup of fig' of the old Harrier pilot. Three cheers for Dave Morgans rug!