Operation Mikado
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operation-mikado-293-15983659
title:
Operation Mikado
text:
Operation Mikado was the code name of a military plan by the United Kingdom to use Special Air Service troops to attack the home base of Argentina's five Super Etendard strike fighters at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, during the 1982 Falklands War. Brigadier Peter de la Billière was in charge of planning the operation. The British Task Force had been successfully attacked by these Argentinean aircraft using French Exocet air-to-sea missiles, sinking two ships. This operation was intended to dest
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wiki
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description:
Cancelled UK operation of the Falklands War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mikado
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date modified:
2023-01-07T18:05:38Z
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