Sea Harrier Tribute

Sorely missed amongst the aviation community, the Royal Navy's Sea Harrier

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Autos & Vehicles

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• sea
• harrier
• navy
• aircraft
• carrier
• frs-1
• frs-2
• gr-7
• gr-9
• kestrel
• gr-1
• falklands

[RJM1011]

Great video but WANK! with no music.

[funtimesteve3]

youtube hadnt identified me of this, ill see what crap theyll let me use

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@ludvan64 The FIRST duty of any government, UK or otherwise, is the defence of the nation state. We squander far too much money on benefits to wastrels in the UK, at the expense of everything else. We spend more on DHS benefits than the Defence budget AND the entire NHS budget COMBINED. Screw looking after deadheads and the workshy. We need to provide our forces with the tools to defend Britain, and meet it's NATO obligations. The UK can EASILY afford potent armed forces.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

@miguelbs2 That must be why Argentine pilots referred to the SHAR as, "El Muerte Negra," THE BLACK DEATH. To attribute it's supremacy in the Falklands conflict simply due to the fact it was armed with the latest type of Sidewinder missile, is crass stupidity. The SHAR fought mock combat against a USAF Aggressor Sqn, crewed by some of the finest pilots in the USAF. The SHAR & FAA pilots took them apart. A USAF F-15 Sqn also fought against the SHAR, the SHAR achieved a 3:1 kill ratio.

[ToonandBBfan]

The Sea Harrier - built by British Aerospace, flown by the Fleet air arm, loved by the British public, feared by Argies, Iraqi's and Serbs..................scrappe­d by the fucking pig ignorant penny pinching politicians who dont give a damn about our military!!!!!

Thumbs up if you agree

[ToonandBBfan]

@LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH

I'm currently reading Sharkeys book and its FANTASTIC!

[farcher3]

@grahamsmith925 True but what always plays a big part in victory was knowing how to use a weapon/plane. The UK is a NATO force designed to fight the USSR. The Argentines were a small Latin American force with poor training. The Mirage would be better in the right hands. So even if the argies had an F-15 or FA-18 super hornet they STILL would loose to the UK in a fight. Thus even WITH homefield advantage they lost to the UK. A warrior MUST know how to use his weapon of LOOSE BIG!

[vne1981]

What made the FA2 Sea Harrier such a formidable weapon was the combination of its Blue Vixen radar (which was more advanced than any other in the world at the time of EIS), the AMRAAM, and an excellent power to weight ratio. It's viewed as the best BVR fighter of its time, right up to retirement. As the former CO of 800 NAS said recently; our leaders are not interested in maintaining military capability.

[miguelbs2]

@grahamsmith925 Scared shitless of the harrier? ahahaha, harrie no, aim sidewinder

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

801 Sqn under Lt Cmdr Sharkey Ward 'massacred' a USAF Aggressor Sqn pre-Falklands with a kill ratio aggregate of 27:10. They then received a call from a US F-15 Sqdn in Germany seeking a similar contest. The F-15's came over to the UK & met 801 Sqn in mock combat. The SHAR achieved a kill ratio of 7:1 against the much vaunted F-15. The SHAR was one hell of a fighter aircraft.

[grahamsmith925]

The British government are assholes for letting this aircraft go to waste. It saved their asses in the Falklands campaign. It was the difference between the British home fleet being sunk in its entirety and us winning a valuable tactical war. The Argies were scared shitless of the Harrier, the Argie Mirage was fast but not as versatile as the Harrier. Kiss my Argentine ass you wankers............

[crazybbbb]

whats the name of the song called please?