In 1982, SAS troops were the first to fire a Stinger missile in combat.
They had been drafted in to distract Argentinian forces from the San Carlos landings, carried out by British soldiers in response to Argentina's invasion of the islands in April 1982.
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They had been drafted in to distract Argentinian forces from the San Carlos landings, carried out by British soldiers in response to Argentina's invasion of the islands in April 1982.
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