Ammunition-saving habits acquired in exercises can carry into combat. In a Falklands War anecdote, Captain Black on Invincible initially orders two missiles to be fired. He then remembers that he is fighting a war and orders further shots through the sixth missile. The warning is to continue firing until the threat is defeated. Waiting to assess a small initial salvo before firing again can impose a dangerous delay during an attack.
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Training habits and missile expenditure in combat
An Invincible anecdote illustrates the danger of carrying exercise habits about ammunition expenditure into wartime air defence.