En junio de 1983, la @FuerzaAerea_Arg envió una comisión de 4 oficiales, liderada por el Brigadier Roberto Camblor (Jefe EM del Comando Aéreo de la Defensa) a la Unión Soviética, para ver material aéreo y antiaéreo, apuntando a reemplazar material perdido en #Malvinas Corto hilo> La comisión estuvo 6 días, en aeródromos y bases en las cercanías de Moscú. Fueron recibidos por el agregado de la FAA, el Comodoro "Cholo" Destri (de gran actuación en la guerra). Primero (8Jun), se les mostró sistemas de misiles superficie-aire Pechora (SA-3) y Volga-3 (SA-2).

#aircraft carrier ARA 25 de Mayo, during the #Malvinas #Falklands war, had a limited anti-aircraft capability, relying on the weapons of its escorts (mainly the Sea Dart missiles of the Type 42 #destroyers) and its own A-4Q Skyhawk fighters. But let's look at its AA artillery >> When 25 de Mayo joined @Armada_Arg (1969) it had 10 Bofors 40mm L70 guns, clued by a Signaal DA-02 tracking radar. The Bofors were manually operated systems. As the ship was refitted, some of the guns were lost or moved in order to optimise the use of space >

Para principios de 1988, las fuerzas armadas argentinas no tenían un panorama completo de los radares que operaban en las islas #Malvinas. Pero una inmejorable oportunidad llegaría de la mano del ejercicio británico denominado FIRE FOCUS. Corto hilo >> #Falklands #SIGINT #radar FIRE FOCUS era un ejercicio británico para reforzar las islas, utilizando las capacidades recientemente instaladas (base Mt Pleasant). Argentina puso en marcha al Operativo GRIFO, para monitorear a las fuerzas británicas. Se aprovechó para conseguir info de los radares existentes

Un hilo sobre el #misil #Exocet. La idea era diseñar misil antibuque, capaz de dejar fuera de combate un buque de 3 / 4 mil tn y que pudiera lanzarse desde una embarcación pequeña. El alcance previsto era de 38 km pero finalmente tuvo un alcance máximo de entre 40 y 42 km >>>>> "MM-38" carece de marketing, por lo que un ingeniero de Nord Aviation ideó el nombre de Exocet, por el Exocoetus volitans, más conocido como pez volador de dos alas o pez volador azul. Un nombre que equiparaba el misil con este pequeño pez que vuela a baja altura y gran velocidad

The last torpedo #Falklands #Malvinas

10 May 1982 and #submarine @Armada_Arg San Luis was in MARIA Patrol Area, near the northern entrance to the San Carlos Strait. Its commander and crew had been through several hardships since the outbreak of hostilities, especially on 1 May The skipper, Capitán de Fragata (Commander) Fernando Azcueta was no rookie. Aged 40 and with a submariner father, he had a life dedicated to the @Armada_Arg . His men trusted him and would follow him to the gates of hell.

Near kill for a nuclear submarine. A real history of the 1982 war.

23 May 1982, nuclear-powered attack #submarine @RoyalNavy HMS Valiant was submerged between the #Falklands #Malvinas islands and the mainland, on a mission to report air activity. This particular task for a nuclear boat was accomplished both by observing aircraft with the periscope, and by detecting their electronic emissions with its equipment on board (old UA4 ESM fit). It was a vital mission, to alert the surface forces that were landing at San Carlos.

Sonar time! IKL 209/1200 (Salta class)
@Armada_Arg had two Type 209 #submarines, ARA San Luis (SUSL its 4-digit code) and ARA Salta (SUSA) the later still in limited service. SUSL had a distinguished performance during the #Falklands / #Malvinas conflict
Let's review their sonars The class had been fitted with an Atlas AN-525 A6 passive sonar (console red in photo) which was optimised for use in shallow waters and an Atlas AN-407 A9 active sonar (orange). The sonar system was not the improved Krupp-Atlas CSU 3-2 that several publications mentions.

SSN Torpedo evasion. A true history of the 1982 war.

At 1554z on 7 May 1982, @RoyalNavy nuclear #submarine HMS Conqueror was west of the #Falkland #Malvinas at #periscope depth, with radio antenna, Warner and search periscope raised. The weather was good and sea state was 1. The #submarine crew were alert, as a report had been received that an Neptune #MPA had taken off from @Armada_Arg base at Rio Grande. But they needed to be on periscope depth in order to receive radio traffic. Communications were taking a long time to complete.

TORPEDO EVASION. 1982 war.

On 1 May 82 #submarine @Armada_Arg ARA San Luis was within the MARIA patrol area, north of the #Falklands #Malvinas. It had already launched a SST-4 #torpedo at a surface contact some distance away, while detecting a lot of activity on the surface. Unknown to LCDR Fernando Azcueta, commander of ARA San Luis, its position was known to the @RoyalNavy and a SAG, composed of frigates HMS Brilliant and HMS Yarmouth, had been organised to hunt it down. This SAG would be joined by 3 Sea King HAS.5 helicopters from 826 NAS.

SUB vs SUB. 1982 war.

27 April 1982. Intel report: @Armada_Arg #submarine ARA San Luis heading to area MARIA, north of the #Falklands / #Malvinas islands. Supplied by CGHQ, they cracked Argentine cipher keys with help from US #NSA. #submarine HMS Spartan ordered to intercept. The objective was to intercept the ARG sub, prior to its arrival in the MARIA area, which had inadequate depth for safe operation of a big nuclear sub like HMS Spartan.

ASW Action! #Falklands #Malvinas 1982

On 5 May, 1982, at 0705, S-2E Tracker 2-AS-23 was catapulted from @Armada_Arg aircraft carrier ARA 25 de Mayo, while it was sailing off Faro Punta Lobos, Chubut, with the mission to locate ARA Alferez Sobral, which had been damaged. Taking a SSE course, they adopted a surface search pattern, and 38 minutes later, flying at 2,000m with clear skies, calm sea and wind, the AN/APS-88A radar operator detected a small contact, 10 miles away "Sinker!" Aircrat commander saw also the object and its wake.