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Background Famous Quotes Commanders Ernesto Crespo Henry Leach Jeremy Moore John Fieldhouse Leopoldo Galtieri Margaret Thatcher Mario Menéndez Sandy Woodward Equipment Aermacchi MB-339 Blowpipe Canberra Chinook Dagger Exocet Gazelle Harrier Hercules Learjet Lynx Mirage III Neptune Nimrod Oerlikon 35mm Pucará Puma Rapier Roland Scout Sea Cat Sea Dart Sea Harrier Sea King Sea Skua Sea Slug Sea Wolf Shrike Sidewinder Skyhawk Skyvan Stinger Super Etendard T-34 Mentor Victor Vulcan Wasp Wessex Battles Alférez Sobral Belgrano Black Buck Bluff Cove Goose Green HMS Coventry HMS Sheffield Mount Harriet Mount Longdon Mount Tumbledown Operación Azul Pebble Island San Carlos Seal Cove South Georgia Two Sisters Wireless Ridge Aftermath Books Battle for the Falklands One Hundred Days Razor's Edge Sink the Belgrano Vulcan 607 Videos |
Exocet MissileThe Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile that was used by the Argentines during the Falklands War. Using the missile, Argentine Super Etendards sank the Royal Navy's HMS Sheffield on May 4th, 1982 and the requistioned transport Atlantic Conveyor on May 25th, 1982. Additionally, an Argentine Hercules flew an Exocet MM38 (surface-launched variant) to the Falklands, and it was fired from an improvised launcher at HMS Glamorgan, hitting the ship but failing to explode. Argentina also claims that a Skyhawk successfully hit the British aircraft carrier HMS Invincible using an Exocet, but the British deny it. Here are the technical specifications for the Exocet:
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