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From: CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA
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Subject: Falkland-Rumour: reason for Sheffield-sinking
Message-ID: <14683@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 17-Dec-83 04:17:20 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec 17 04:17:20 1983
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From:  Werner Uhrig  <CMP.WERNER@UTEXAS-20.ARPA>

For careful consumption:	Heard yesterday:

	The reason for the successful sinking of the British ship
	Sheffield was that the Exocet-missiles, of French (NATO) making,
	was mistakenly identified as a "FRIENDLY" missile by the British
	"Friend-or-Foe" defense system.  The British were GREATLY alarmed
	and, immediately, sent down a programmer team to reprogram their
	software.  Successfully so and at great speed, as the Argentines
	were unsuccessful in all further attacks against war-ships with
	the hardware and software to do "Friend-or-Foe" recognition.

	What d'you think of that one?  I was intrigued .....
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