THE FULL STORY OF THE AIR AND SEA BATTLES OF THE FALKLANDS WAR

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Explores the lasting impact that the Falklands War had on military technology worldwide, and how not since the Second World War had two capable navies and air forces clashed in open ocean. Notes that it was the first time that sea-skimming anti-ship missiles dominated naval tactics. In addition to this, the British launched an amphibious landing in the jet era, with only twenty-eight serviceable Harrier fighters against 112 fighter jets -- it was also the first time air-to-air combat depended entirely on a fighter aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing (the Harrier). Reveals what might have happened if the Argentine dictators had launched their war several months later, as originally considered. Contains 25 mono illustrations.