Soldier K: Mission to Argentina

In May 1982, as the British Task Force prepared for the recapture of the Falkland Islands, a lone Sea King helicopter made an apparently forced landing in the southernmost reaches of Chile. Its crew – barely credibly – claimed to have been propelled off course by a combination of adverse weather conditions and engine trouble.The reality, never officially disclosed, was rather different. The only threat to the Task Force – and the enemy's only hope of ultimate victory – lay in Argentina's Super Extended aircraft and their sea-skimming Exocet missiles. Since radar could not be relied upon as an adequate means of detection, the British opted for a less conventional warning system. Before landing in Chile, the 'stray' Sea King dropped a team of men into Argentina, where they were tasked with remaining hidden within sight of the airfields and within easy reach of the enemy's security patrols.The only men who could be entrusted with this difficult and...