Anti-ship missiles were used in the 1982 Falklands War. The British warship , a Type 42 destroyer, was struck by a single air-launched Exocet, she later sank as a result of the damage that she sustained. The container ship was hit by two Exocets and burnt out subsequently sinking while under tow. was damaged when she was struck by an MM38 ship launch version of the Exocet fired a launcher taken from the Argentine Navy destroyer ARA "Comodoro Seguí" and mounted on a trailer by Navy technicians, but she had taken evasive action that limited the damage.