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<blockquote data-quote="alex69" data-source="post: 888867" data-attributes="member: 5738">Hablando del HMS Ardent:<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVS1YoGO058&amp;feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVS1YoGO058&amp;feature=player_embedded</a><a href="http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/page29/page29.html">http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/page29/page29.html</a>With NGS operations complete the Ardent was ordered into the open waters of Malvinas Sound to try and draw the fire of any Argentine aircraft flying towards San Carlos from the South. In this vulnerable position, a lone Skyhawk caught the ship by surprise and deployed two 1,000lb bombs. They both missed but the Skyhawk flew so close its jet-stream put the main 992-radar aerial askew. This was a wake up call for all of the crew who were dog-tired as the ship played a deadly <img src="https://www.smiley-lol.com/smiley/expressifs/sablierr.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt="waiting" title="Espera&nbsp; &nbsp; waiting" data-shortname="waiting" /> game for the next wave of air attacks. With only an hour to go before dusk Ardent's luck was to change having survived sixteen air raids. Air raid number seventeen was in progress; consisting of 4 Argentine Navy Skyhawk A4Q's led by Captain Alberto Philippi. Their mission was to sink the lone frigate that had caused the Argentine troops and Air Force so many problems throughout the day. The aircraft broke through the ships defenses by keeping to the Ardent's stern profile. Although &quot;Jonno&quot; Johnson was tracking the lead aircraft and screaming for emergency control of the SeaCat system; it never came. In the Ops room below the weapons team watched the raid close as they desperately tried to bring their weapons to bear. The order to &quot;take cover&quot; was given by the bridge, the attacking aircraft released their payloads and two snake-eye 500lb bombs struck home. As the stern lifted, the Ardent rocked as if a giant hand was playing with us; the force of the explosion rippled through the ship throwing the crew around like matchsticks. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="alex69, post: 888867, member: 5738"] Hablando del HMS Ardent: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVS1YoGO058&feature=player_embedded[/url] [url]http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/page29/page29.html[/url] [I]With NGS operations complete the Ardent was ordered into the open waters of Malvinas Sound to try and draw the fire of any Argentine aircraft flying towards San Carlos from the South. In this vulnerable position, a lone Skyhawk caught the ship by surprise and deployed two 1,000lb bombs. They both missed but the Skyhawk flew so close its jet-stream put the main 992-radar aerial askew. This was a wake up call for all of the crew who were dog-tired as the ship played a deadly waiting game for the next wave of air attacks. With only an hour to go before dusk Ardent's luck was to change having survived sixteen air raids. Air raid number seventeen was in progress; consisting of 4 Argentine Navy Skyhawk A4Q's led by Captain Alberto Philippi. Their mission was to sink the lone frigate that had caused the Argentine troops and Air Force so many problems throughout the day. The aircraft broke through the ships defenses by keeping to the Ardent's stern profile. Although "Jonno" Johnson was tracking the lead aircraft and screaming for emergency control of the SeaCat system; it never came. In the Ops room below the weapons team watched the raid close as they desperately tried to bring their weapons to bear. The order to "take cover" was given by the bridge, the attacking aircraft released their payloads and two snake-eye 500lb bombs struck home. As the stern lifted, the Ardent rocked as if a giant hand was playing with us; the force of the explosion rippled through the ship throwing the crew around like matchsticks. [/I] [/QUOTE]

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Guerra desarrollada entre Argentina y el Reino Unido en 1982