Re: U.S. Protests Russian Arms Sales to Iraq
Sun March 23, 2003 10:38 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Sunday it had protested to Moscow about reports that Russian firms have sold Iraq antitank missiles, night vision goggles and jamming gear. A State Department spokeswoman said Moscow's response had not been satisfactory.
A nasty precedent:
Destroyer Sheffield is sunk: 30 dead
David Fairhall, defence correspondent
Wednesday May 5, 1982
British forces in the South Atlantic suffered their first serious losses yesterday afternoon when the destroyer HMS Sheffield was hit and destroyed by an Argentinian missile and a Sea Harrier was shot down while attacking an airstrip on the Falklands.
The number of deaths on the Sheffield may be as high as 30, according to the Defence Secretary, Mr John Nott, who gave details of casualties in a statement to the House of Commons late last night.
HMS Sheffield, 3,660 tons and with a complement of 270, is believed to have been hit by an Exocet radar guided missile, probably fired from a land-based Super Etendard fighter bomber.
The missile apparently struck the control room buried deep in the superstructure and fire broke out. When it became clear that the fire was out of control the crew abandoned her.
Mr Nott told the House that nearly all the ship's company and captain were accounted for but after originally saying that 12 sailors were missing, he updated it to 30.
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