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You sure you;re not getting confused with the Star Princess that was refused docking in mid January due to some of it's passengers suffering from the norovirus. It wasn't Argentina that blocked the ship but instead the Falklands as a norovirus outbreak would have a major effect on the Falklands

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I was only half listening, but I don't know why that would have been on the news headlines 20 minutes ago.

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Maybe because the falklands is still current news, so stories associated with it tend to hang on.. You never know though it might be a totally different story

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And it is a separate story

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/ship..._to_Argentina/

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Thanks Kymmy...I'm not going mad after all :D

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It's also being reported on the Falklands own newspapers site:

http://www.penguin-news.com/index.ph...from-falklands

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Fine if that's what they want then that's what they get.

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Well it sounds like they have had enough money out of the UK.

The funny thing is that it will be just another stop for the cruise ship, and probably won't be much of a big deal for most of the passengers. But for the tourist industry near the port in Argentina, it could be a huge financial blow.

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It's on the BBC News site now:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17184955

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This is madness! :td:

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17157373

Reading the BBC article, we are well prepaired, except in terms of Aircraft carriers!

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The Falklands are well defended, don't worry. The islands had no defence in 1982, so the Argentinians walked in.

It's easier to defend than to liberate.

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I wonder if the Argentinians would feel it justified for us to stop all flights to the Falklands made by the families and loved ones of those Argentinians buried there. In not stooping to their level we show oursleves to have the moral as well as geographical high ground.

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The Argentinian economy is in crisis I believe, it's their loss to turning away 3000 people with money to spend. But what I cannot wait to hear this week is what their second rate celebrity supporter, Sean Penn has to say on the matter. :rofl:

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Don't forget 'pride comes before a fall'

Many military leaders have underestimated their enemy in the past, and paid for it.

It only takes one lucky shot, or one glitch in the defence radar to lose a ship.

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Lucky shots tend to be one in a million, the missiles that hit Sheffield, coventry and the support ships would not have got through to hit a type 45.. It's also doubtful if the exocet would even lock onto a type 45..

But you seem to be so negative, anyone would think you want the argies to win????

:rolleyes:

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Will you stop having this "we can never be beaten attitude", it is so arrogant!

I'm not being negative, I'm being realistic.

We may have better technology than them, and we may have more forces there than we did last time. However if they threw everything they have at us, then our forces could quite easily be overwhelmed.

Remember the Taliban are still killing our soldiers even though they don't have anywhere near the sort of technology that we have.

I personally don't want any British serviceman killed. And if Argentina think they have a chance, then there could be a lot of bloodshed. As I have said from the start of this thread, if we had aircraft carriers in the area, then they wouldn't dare even to try.


What would be interesting would be to find out the actual strength of the Argentine military.

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:clap::clap:

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I never said we can never be beaten, what I am saying is that 40 year old technology has a tendency of always being beaten by up to date technology.. The argies haven't updated any of their aircraft, armaments..etc since the last so called war.. This time they can't sneak up on us (I wonder how many military sats UK/US..etc are pointing at their coastline/bases) and the current complement (with or without the type 45's even) could cope with an invasion comparable to what they did in the 80's..

If anyone has got a defeatist mentality then go join up..