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ok I was needlessly rude anon I'm just sick of hearing the same shit parroted about "exocet kill coes" and "just set the fuses lower"

I didn't actually know the Skyhawk pilots asked for their bombs to be fused like that with 0 arming distance and it not being actioned. As you say it could be they didn't have purely contact fuses or they weren't told they'd be dropped outside normal release height or they didn't feel comfortable fusing them like that since I still contend its pretty dangerous even if hitting the ship really did shield you from all fragmentation if a single bomb from your stick skittered past the target seems like you'd probably get a chance meeting with an old friend.

The first hand information is interesting especially the comment about SAM threat since afaik Skyhawks saw a lot more action against the ships in San Carlos Water than they did against the main fleet. The British SAMs proved a credible threat in blue water but in littoral waters from memory specifically Sea Dart had radar issues with so much clutter and also ships moving in tight confines let to ships passing between each other breaking lock with skimming targets or a frigate coming about to uncover its one armed bandit only for a landing ship to then re-cover it.