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FALKLAND ISLANDS (AP) -
A British destroyer attacked by
Argentine warplanes shot down
two of the Skyhawk fighter
bombers Wednesday in a battle
about 30 miles west of the Falk
land Islands, the Defense Min
istry announced in London
There was no immediate
comment from Argentina, but
before the clash U N Secretary
General Javier Perez de Cuellar
expressed cautious hope about
peace talks
ft was the first Argentine air
attack on the British Fleet since
May 4 and the Defense Ministry
in London said the planes ap
parently flew from the Argentine
mainland and attacked through
thick cloud cover The new
fighting was the first reported
since Tuesday morning when a
British ship attacked an Argen
tine ship in the channel between
the two main islands
Spokesman Ian McDonald
said a third Argentine Skyhawk
escaped anti-aircraft fire from
the British destroyer. The de
stroyer apparently was on radar
picket duty in advance of the
main British fleet, which has
ringed the Islands seized by Ar
gentina on April 2.
Well-informed sources said
the Argentine planes, identified
by the Defense Ministry as U S -
built A-4s. were shot down by
computer-controlled Sea Wolf
missiles
The Defense Ministry said the
encounter was inside a 200-mile
war zone Britain declared
around the South Atlantic is
lands April 30.
McDonald said there was no
damage to the warship, which
was not identified, nor any Bri
tish casualties He said the Ar
gentine fighter-bombers were
U S -built A-4 Skyhawks and
were shot down by fire from the
warship He did not say whether
they were knocked down by an
ti-aircraft fire or missiles and
would not confirm the report
that Sea Wolf missiles were
used
If the report is true, it would be
the first time the British-made
weapon — primarily designed to
shoot down missiles — had been
used in combat
McDonald identified the
Skyhawks as A4-Ps, which are
land-based
Argentina’s air force has 68 of
the bomb-carrying planes,
some stationed at Rio Gallegos,
the nearest air base to the war
zone They have a range of
about 460 miles, enough to
reach radar picket ships of the
British task force
It was the first air attack on the
fleet since May 4 when a missile
from an Argentine fighter
bomber wrecked the destroyer
Sheffield inside the war zone
The British said 20 sailors were
killed in that strike On Tuesday,
Britain said one of its warships
attacked an Argentine surface
vessel in the Falkland Sound,
the narrow channel separating
the main Falkland Islands
The requisitioned luxury liner
Queen Elizabeth 2 left South
hampton Wednesday with 3,000
British soldiers aboard and is
scheduled to join with the ar
mada surrounding the Falk
lands in several weeks
But well-informed sources in
London said British defense
chiefs fear Argentina's three
submarines are prowling the
Falkland Islands war zone to
sink British troop and supply
ships, and that British warships
and spyplanes have been de
ployed to hunt the Argentine
subs
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