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Originally Posted by Kymmy
You have to remember that during the '82 war the naval aircraft during the conflict were limited and semi-scarce.. So they didn't do any night defence or much ground attack.. This time we wouldn't be relying on these with the current typhoons probably the equivelant to all the harriers in the task force. Also Argentine are still relying on the older Mirages which failed so miserably last time.
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Do our Typhoons have full ground attack capability now? They were criticised recently because they didn't have.
Although I realise that the Typhoons have a massive advantage over the Mirage. It only takes one lucky shot by SAM, or air to air missiles, or even a mechanical failure, to knock out 25% of out fast jets. Then there is maintenance and resupplying the aircraft, which all takes time.
So my point is that our defences could be completely overwhelmed.
I'm concerned that a mad, overconfident Argentinian general, could cost a lot of lives. When he probably wouldn't even try if we had our carriers.