Operation Mikado

What if the 1982 raid in Argentina had been carried out

By: Joey Hogan

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

In 1982 an intelligence mission onto the Argentine mainland failed before it had started. Operation plum Duff was the daring reconnaissance mission to gain vital intelligence of aircraft and Exocet missiles as well as troop deployment at the Rio Grande airbase, but the mission failed and no information had been obtained, and with a short time frame the Mikado mission for a raid on Rio Grande had to be abandoned.
The Special Air Service were then under considerable pressure to launch a mission to attack the airbase at Rio Grande. At the time, no intelligence was available on the base, no one knew what troops were based there or even what aircraft were using the base.
The mission was finally scrapped, but what would have happened if they had found a way to carry out the mission. This story using information gained would give some idea of how the raid could have been carried out in 1982.