- Operation Canbelow
During the
Falklands War , Operation Canbelow was a planned British anti-aircraft ambush conducted on the night of5 June ,1982 off the westernFalkland Islands .After a number of night raids of high-flying Argentine Canberra bombers, the
Royal Navy moved two ships ("HMS Invincible" and "HMS Brilliant") to surprise the bombers on their next flight.Bad weather prevented the aircraft from taking off, thus sparing them.
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