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Il [[2 aprile]] [1982]], il [[Territori britannici d'oltremare|territorio britannico d'oltremare]] delle [[Isole Falkland]], venne invaso dalla vicina [[Argentina]]. Il [[regno Unito]], distante 13.000 Km, raggruppo e spedì una task force navale, che comprendeva [[Portaerei]], [[sottomarini]], e approssimativamente 7.000 soldati per riconquistare lì[[arcipelago]]. Il conflitto terminò a giugno con la sconfitta dell'argentina.

Poco più di un mese prima dello scoppio della guerra, ''Cardiff'', sotto il comando del capitano [[Michael Harris]], aveva appena iniziato un periodo di sei mesi di dispiegamento nel [[golfo persico]] con [[Armilla Patrol]].

The crew of the TC-92, an Argentine Boeing 707 nearly downed by CardiffJustJust over a month before the start of the war, Cardiff, under the command of Captain Michael Harris,[16] had begun a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf with the Armilla Patrol. Cardiff had relieved her sister ship and class lead HMS Sheffield of this posting,[17] but was herself redeployed to the Falklands effort on 23 April. She sailed alone to Gibraltar[17] and rendezvoused on 14 May with the Bristol Group of British warships already heading south to the islands.[18]

The crew of the TC-92, an Argentine Boeing 707 nearly downed by CardiffJust over a month before the start of the war, Cardiff, under the command of Captain Michael Harris,[16] had begun a six-month deployment to the Persian Gulf with the Armilla Patrol. Cardiff had relieved her sister ship and class lead HMS Sheffield of this posting,[17] but was herself redeployed to the Falklands effort on 23 April. She sailed alone to Gibraltar[17] and rendezvoused on 14 May with the Bristol Group of British warships already heading south to the islands.[18]

During the journey, Cardiff’s crew performed various training exercises, including defence against air attack (involving simulation runs by friendly Harrier and Jaguar aircraft), nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and Exocet anti-ship missiles.[19] All British Type 42's involved in the war were instructed to paint two vertical black stripes down either side the middle of their ships. This would allow the Royal Navy submarines to distinguish them from the two Argentine Type 42's.[20] On 22 May, an Argentine reconnaissance Boeing 707, no. TC-92 of the Argentine Air Force's Grupo 1, De Transporte Aereo Escuadron II (Spanish for "2nd Air Transport Squadron, Group 1"), was fired on by Cardiff.[21] The aircraft was detected while shadowing the Bristol Group, and Cardiff was ordered to drop back and engage.[21][22] The ship fired two Sea Darts at the aircraft at 11:40 (local time) from maximum range; the first fell short and second missed[21] due to evasive manoeuvres taken by the aircraft's crew.[23] After the attack, TC-92 dropped below radar level and returned to El Palomar.[23] On 25 May, Cardiff was tasked with the recovery of four Special Air Service (SAS) troopers, who had parachuted from a C-130 Hercules passing over the destroyer.[19]