Wasp HAS.1, hanging AS.12 wire-guided missiles, presumably for anti-small boat work from HMS Minerva 1960s

Wasp HAS.1, hanging AS.12 wire-guided missiles, presumably for anti-small boat work from HMS Minerva 1960s

The wonky looking Wasp HAS.1, hanging a few AS.12 wire-guided missiles, presumably for anti-small boat work. While this picture is from HMS Minerva in the late 1960s, Catfish/Salta faced a nearly identical foe in 1982.

Wasp HAS.1, hanging AS.12 wire-guided missiles, presumably for anti-small boat work from HMS Minerva 1960s

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  • There is no aiming periscope on the crewmans side of the helicopter (Port side , Right as you look at it) so something not quite correct in this photograph.

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