Argentina launches naval campaign to isolate Falkland Islands

[Zoupa]

Well if they have a go at this time, hopefully the Argentines will remember to flick the "on" switch to their Exocets before shooting them off.

I thought they performed very well with those *, it was the iron bombs ** they had trouble with.



* because they had french technicians helping them, allegedly.

** couldn't be arsed to read the two page vietnam era bomb arming instructions, urban myth.

France started helping out the Brits about exocet's specs and capabilities as soon as the conflict started. Don't gimme that crap.

[Ideologue]

Aerospatiale should have built self-destruct devices in like they do in Bond films or comic books.  Infeasible?  Probably.  But it'd have been a hoot, Mirages popping in the air like soap bubbles.

[Jacob]

Aerospatiale should have built self-destruct devices in like they do in Bond films or comic books.  Infeasible?  Probably.  But it'd have been a hoot, Mirages popping in the air like soap bubbles.

Probably wouldn't have helped with future sales, I imagine.

[Sheilbh]

France started helping out the Brits about exocet's specs and capabilities as soon as the conflict started. Don't gimme that crap.

Yep.  According to British figures France was our most reliable and helpful ally in the Falklands

[CountDeMoney]

Aerospatiale should have built self-destruct devices in like they do in Bond films or comic books.  Infeasible?  Probably.  But it'd have been a hoot, Mirages popping in the air like soap bubbles.

Probably wouldn't have helped with future sales, I imagine.

Especially for those tight-fitting coats with the fur liner on the hood.

[Brazen]

Better hurray up with those aircraft carriers Britain.

No point, we don't have the aircraft to fly off them.

Also, "Hurray for aircraft carriers!"

[Ideologue]

Carriers are merely luxury.  You have strong fundamentals.  That is, you have SSBNs.

[Neil]

Better hurray up with those aircraft carriers Britain.

No point, we don't have the aircraft to fly off them.

Also, "Hurray for aircraft carriers!"

Participating in the F-35 project with the Americans was probably a bad idea.

[Ideologue]

The F-35 was a bad idea.

[alfred russel]

Can't blame the Argies... Falklands being such an important, strategic sheep raising locale.

It is the only part of their country their government hasn't screwed up.

[KRonn]

Why don't the UK and Argentina just handle this in a civil manner? Have a soccer game to decide and then fight over, like usual for soccer nations.   

[alfred russel]

Why don't the UK and Argentina just handle this in a civil manner? Have a soccer game to decide and then fight over, like usual for soccer nations.   

England might want to stick with its military.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj6ns2ctD6A

[Josquius]

Britain's military may be in a dodgy place right now but Argentina's is far worse. Considering we actually have defenses in the Falklands these days they'd never take them in the first place, there's no real need for a carrier down there.

[Richard Hakluyt]

There is an airbase there nowadays, so, rhetoric aside, I think it would be much tougher for the Argies than last time. Of course we did have Mrs Thatcher in power back then, the only British PM with balls since Churchill 

[Monoriu]

There is an airbase there nowadays, so, rhetoric aside, I think it would be much tougher for the Argies than last time. Of course we did have Mrs Thatcher in power back then, the only British PM with balls since Churchill 

An airbase works both ways.  It can be used to stop an invasion.  It can also be used to stop an attempt to retake the island.  Imagine if the Argentines could operate jet fighters out of the Falklands in 1982