As the Harriers returned to Hermes without loss, Hanrahan earned his place in Falklands folklore with the line: “I counted them all out and I counted them all back.”
A rather neat way to get around restrictions.
I was living in Europe at the time of the Falklands war and listened to the BBC daily. If the BBC had had their way they would have given too much info the enemy. They complained about being censored and were really against the war.
The sad fact is that the UK could not pull off the same operation today. It was a squeeze then. Without secrecy(such as it was) and the skill of their fighting forces..the war would have been lost.
Without the Harrier..which was able to operate off of converted container ships..as well as the carrier..it would have been lost.
It is a sad, sad day when the you have to spend all your money supporting Muslim’s and layabouts on welfare rather than defending your countries interests.