Sir Lawrence Freedman, The Official History of the Falklands Campaign

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Notes

¹Rex Hunt, My Falkland Days (Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1992), 159.

²Julian Thompson, The Royal Marines: From Sea Soldiers to a Special Force (London: Sidgwick & Jackson 2000), 552.

³Misprinted in the book as ‘perservation’.

⁴Attributed to Admiral of the Fleet ‘Jacky’ Fisher, First Sea Lord 1904–06 and 1914–15.

⁵Nicholas Barker, Beyond Endurance: An Epic of Whitehall and the South Atlantic Conflict (London: Leo Cooper 1997), 183.

⁶Admiral Sandy Woodward, One Hundred Days: The Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander (London: HarperCollins Fontana paperback ed. 2003), 143–45.

⁷In conversation with Julian Thompson. Sea Wolf is a naval SAM with a radar tracking system capable of following a 4.5 in shell in flight. Neither the optical nor blind-fire Rapier came near this level of sophistication.

⁸In conversation with Julian Thompson.

⁹In conversation with Julian Thompson.