But anyone tempted to do so should heed local warnings about the hazards of land mines left over from the days when the peninsula was a battleground between Israel and Egypt; a few days after I left in early January, three Israeli tourists were killed and another was injured when their jeep set off a mine just three miles north of the Sharm el Sheik airport.
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To prevent V-1s falling in the city and dock area, the guns had to be positioned at least 10 miles outside the city, integrated into a system ('Antwerp X') of warning stations and observation posts, supported by radar and searchlights . 114th LAA Regiment provided some of the personnel and equipment for No 2 Local Warning ( Radar ) Troop formed by 80 AA Bde for this purpose.
