The first, and only, successful interception was on September 13, 1985.
FM-6 once again featured a successful interception.
Effective deception measures prevented a successful interception by German nightfighters, and only four bombers are lost, a 0.6 percent of the force.
It has to be struck firmly and repeatedly for there to be any hope of a successful interception.
The squadron had recently landed after a highly successful interception.
This incident was widely misreported as the first successful interception of an enemy ballistic missile in history.
From inception to the successful interception of the satellite, the timeline spanned only a matter of months.
No. 7 Squadron subsequently made two more successful interceptions, one of which must surely rank as the war's most bizarre combat.
Attempts to use them in aircraft failed as the weight severely limited both speed and altitude thus making successful interception impossible.
It is the first successful interception of an enemy aircraft by a shipborne fighter.