News Vulcan Falklands bombing raid remembered.

[Notebook]

Its in the news here, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17878657

Lovely aircraft:

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Sadly not by flying the marathon with a Vulcan...

That was one hell of an operation, does somebody know if there is any simulator which has this mission available?

 

[garyw]

I've had the pleasure of seeing the Vulcan fly on several occasions. Beautiful aircraft.

Sadly this air raid was a waste of time. Not only was it expensive in terms of fuel to get the Vulcan to the Falklands but the bombing raid wasn't exactly precise. It did hit the runway but it never took it out of commission.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Ward"]Sharkey Ward[/ame] has a lot to say on this subject.

 

[Notebook]

A waste of time?

Perhaps Sharkey Ward had a slightly different point of view?

No love lost between the RAF and the FAA.

N.

 

[Urwumpe]

Sadly this air raid was a waste of time.

The fault was promising not to attack Buenos Aires... for a few days, the Gouchos had been gathering all their planes to defend their real homeland from possible strikes by Vulcan bombers.

It had been a terrible effort for a few dumb bombs, but it was a shock for the Argentinians, who never expected the British to strike that soon.

 

[streb2001]

Intimidating the enemy. Doodlebugs didn't achieve anything either other than put the fear of god into Londoners.

 

[Evil_Onyx]

I've had the pleasure of seeing the Vulcan fly on several occasions. Beautiful aircraft.

Sadly this air raid was a waste of time. Not only was it expensive in terms of fuel to get the Vulcan to the Falklands but the bombing raid wasn't exactly precise. It did hit the runway but it never took it out of commission.

Sharkey Ward has a lot to say on this subject.

The Objective of the operation was to stop the Argentine forces from using fast jets from that runway. In that respect it was a success. What is generally not accepted is that the raids also let the RAF perform much needed reconnaissance of Falklands. Referenced from 'Vulcan 607' by by Rowland White

For those of you that want to read up on it.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck"]Operation Black Buck[/ame]

 

[Ghostrider]

Not all military operations need to have measurable material achievements to be successful. The Doolittle Raid against Japan in WW2 did very little damage but provided a morale boost to the US public and caused Japan to do some strategic rethinking. The Tet offensive didn't achieve its indended goals but I don't think I need to explain what its effects were on the US effort.