Cable Forum - Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising

The government has finally made public a critical report of the mistakes made by its military dictatorship in its war against Britain to recover the Falkland Islands in 1982.

Alan Fry

24-03-2012 10:35

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Originally Posted by Maggy J (Post 35404765)

From the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/24/wo...nt&tntemail1=y

I saw a programme on Channel 5 about the war and It made clear we both made mistakes, but UK made less then Argentina, but there were problems for the UK then and now

Tim Deegan

29-03-2012 12:25

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Falkland Islands: Britain 'would lose' if Argentina decides to invade now
Admiral Sir John Forster Woodward - who in 1982 gave the order to sink the General Belgrano - regrets not making more of how the Falklands war was won.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...nvade-now.html

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Falklands War Commander: Loss of islands would be a "betrayal" - and how Argentina could have won in 1982

http://about.channel5.com/node/1551

Kymmy

29-03-2012 12:30

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Typical outdated armed forces singular viewpoint of their own service is better than the rest and because of that the rest could never do the same as they've done before.. :rolleyes:

Tim Deegan

29-03-2012 12:32

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35406650)

Typical outdated armed forces singular viewpoint of their own service is better than the rest and because of that the rest could never do the same as they've done before.. :rolleyes:

I know exactly where you are coming from!

I was actually looking for that program that I spoke about ages ago in this thread, about how close we came to losing the Falklands war, but I couldn't find it on line. But I found the above links instead.

Kymmy

29-03-2012 12:35

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Even being ex-RAF I'm first to admit that the navy alone could do more against the Argentines with a couple of subs off the coast and a number of tomahawks than the navy of the early '80s

Tim Deegan

29-03-2012 12:43

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35406655)

Even being ex-RAF I'm first to admit that the navy alone could do more against the Argentines with a couple of subs off the coast and a number of tomahawks than the navy of the early '80s

Hey come on now Kymmy, are you feeling ok? It's just not done for one of the armed forces to praise another ;)

Hugh	29-03-2012 12:48

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Not true - we in the RAF were often heard to say that the Pongos weren't as unintelligent as everyone thought, and that the Navy personnel weren't all strange.....

But back on topic - strangely enough, there is an article in today's Times (behind a paywall)

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British jets a match for Argentine’s ageing attack craft

“People need to remember that Argentina has not bought a new fighter jet since the Falklands war, so it is flying 40-year-old Mirages. We’ve got Typhoons, arguably the world’s most advanced and powerful air superiority fighter, based in the Falklands.”

He said that the Government was ready to reinforce the islands should the need arise. “But we have no evidence at all to suggest that the Argentines have either the inclination or the capability to intervene militarily in the Falklands,” he said.

Kymmy

29-03-2012 12:49

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I applied for both Navy and RAF at the same time (weapons tech RAF and artificer Navy) the RAF offer came through first..

I rarely look at the people but instead what they're shooting or threatening to shoot at each other.

In the falklands conflict the Argentines pulled back most of their fast jets to protect the mainland against our jets, these days a couple of subs off the coast could be even more threatening and damaging with conventional weapons.

Tim Deegan

29-03-2012 13:05

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Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35406664)

Did you see the program the other day about the Vulcan mission to bomb the runway at Stanley?

Osem	29-03-2012 17:19

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Originally Posted by Tim Deegan (Post 35406677)

Did you see the program the other day about the Vulcan mission to bomb the runway at Stanley?

Vulcans???? I thought Spock was long dead.... :D

Hugh	29-03-2012 17:28

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He was resurrected in the third Movie - The Search For Credibility....

Osem	29-03-2012 17:46

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35406814)

He was resurrected in the third Movie - The Search For Credibility....

That doesn't sound very credible.... :D

Maggy

29-03-2012 20:07

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Ahem!

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