Operation Argon

Operation Argon (aka Operation Cabinda)
Part of the South African Border War
Location
Angola

Operation Argon is located in Angola
Malongo
Malongo
Luanda
Luanda
Operation Argon (Angola)
Planned bySouth African Defence Force
ObjectiveRaid on Gulf Oil installations
Date13–21 May 1985
Executed by4 Reconnaissance Regiment
OutcomeAngolan victory
Casualties1

Operation Argon (sometimes denoted simply as Operation Cabinda) was an unsuccessful military operation carried out by South African special forces in May 1985 with the objective of destroying six fuel storage tanks at Malongo in Angola's Cabinda exclave.[1]

  1. ^ Brittain, Victoria (1998). Death of Dignity: Angola's Civil War. London: Pluto Press. pp. 20–23. ISBN 978-0865436367.