Stories for July 9th 2001

Monday, July 9th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands navy veteran tests prototype Harrier replacement.

A veteran Royal Navy pilot of the Falklands conflict has made the first hovering test flight in a United States prototype of an advanced strike aircraft being developed to replace the Harrier jump jet aircraft which played a vital role in the recapture of the Islands in 1982
Monday, July 9th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands “cover-up” denied.TV focus on HMS Sheffield exocet attack.

Hints that there has been an official cover-up over failure of the frigate HMS Sheffield to take action against incoming Argentine exocet missiles in the 1982 Falklands Conflict have been denied by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in London.
An MOD statement declared: “There has been no tampering with evidence and no cover-up. We regard this matter as closed”..

Falklands navy veteran tests prototype Harrier replacement.