Falklands War: The Untold Story: Documentary examining the Falklands conflict 40 years on. Falklands War: The Untold Story airs on More4 HD at 7:25 PM, Saturday 16 December.
In 1982, Britain s Special Air Service troops were the first to fire a Stinger missile in combat, during the Falkland Islands conflict. They had been drafted in to distract Argentine forces from the San Carlos landings, carried out by British soldiers in response to Argentina s invasion of the Islands in April 1982.