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Kymmy · 28-02-2012, 11:32

If they haven't done by now I doubt if they will do.. Argentina had to go the round about route last time to buy the exocets.. You can't just also buy an up to date missile without an up to date aircraft to launch it, which also means up to date training for the crew. Even those weapons would have difficulty penetrating a type 45's defences.

As for the Taliban in the previous post it's a totally different scenario.. We're not going in to a country where part of the indigenous population is acting as a guerilla force.. I doubt if Argies could hide amongst the population and there's few other places to hide.. So the recent conflicts in Iraq/Afghanistan is not comparable.

28-02-2012, 11:32	#362
Kymmy Inactive Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 18,385	Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising If they haven't done by now I doubt if they will do.. Argentina had to go the round about route last time to buy the exocets.. You can't just also buy an up to date missile without an up to date aircraft to launch it, which also means up to date training for the crew. Even those weapons would have difficulty penetrating a type 45's defences. As for the Taliban in the previous post it's a totally different scenario.. We're not going in to a country where part of the indigenous population is acting as a guerilla force.. I doubt if Argies could hide amongst the population and there's few other places to hide.. So the recent conflicts in Iraq/Afghanistan is not comparable.