海湾战争爆发后的2周,虽然多国部队已取得了战场上空的制空权,然而装备舰舰和岸舰导弹的伊拉克海军仍对多国部队的登陆作战构成威胁,必须予以清除。为此,英国海军按照多国部队指挥部的命令开始执行攻击伊军舰艇的任务。为了减小损失,避免双方舰艇正面冲突,英特遣舰队指挥官经研究,认为可以不打舰对舰的遭遇战,又可速战速决的良策是动用舰载直升机直接参战。 Two weeks after the Gulf War broke out, although the multinational force has acquired air defenses over the battlefield, the Iraqi navy, which is equipped with ships and shore-based missiles, still poses a threat to the multinational force’s landing operations and must be cleared of them. To this end, the British Navy in accordance with the command of the multinational force began to carry out the task of attacking Iraqi warships. In order to reduce losses and avoid the frontal conflicts between the two sides, the commander of the British task force, after studying it, believes that it is possible to combat ship-to-ship encounters and combat quick-fixes by using carrier-based helicopters to directly enter the war.