On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:19:31 +0100, Volker Hetzer
wrote:
Stephen Horgan wrote:
There is a film of the Vincennes CIC when the Iranian airliner was
engaged, and it did not show the crew in a good light in terms of
their discipline and attention. The contrast with a voice recording of
a British CIC under missile fire in the Falklands was stark.
Sounds interesting. Any links?
Volker
Both on television I am afraid. The American crew were excited and
quite noisy as the airliner was shot down. The British crew just kept
reporting tactical updates as they successfully engaged an inbound
exocet.
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Stephen Horgan
"intelligent people will tend to overvalue intelligence"
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