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They got a lot of hits with their bombs anyway. It's fortunate for the British that several did not explode for one reason or another,or passed right through the ships. There were some very brave,determined and professional men flying those aircraft.
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Steve
I think the bombs were dropped so low they couldn't arm before they struck.
I suggested in my original post the torpedo having a standoff range of 1 or 2 miles. Turns out an American MARK 48 torpedo has a range of 20 to 30 miles. Now THAT is a standoff weapon.
I think the bombs were dropped so low they couldn't arm before they struck. The Argentines didn't have the intelligence feedback to tell them what was going wrong,
You guys are making suppositions of 1980s technology with 2010 technology capabilities.
If... and I say IF... Argentina had torps with such long range capabilities, then the UK would commensurately have likely had equivalent or better defensive capabilities for the times.
In short, this question should be a separate thread of the "What if" kind.
Nope she had the Tigerfish as well as the Mk 8, but these in the early version were unreliable and a second version was on board but was untried, so they went with the safe option, the Mk 8