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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Nah, just swatted that bee... it kept cut/pasting erroneous data from out of date sites..
Argentine may have more man and may be closer but the logistics and public fear of putting even a small percentage of them onto an island three hundred miles away from their home base would preclude any attack happening or at very least give us one hell of a warning (weeks perhaps to see the build up) Which means that we can get men and equipment in the air on route as unlike 1982 the airport is in our hands and those currently on the ground can dig in around Mount Pleasant. 1982 worked not because we didn't think they would do it.. it worked as we didn't know they had left, we didn't know they had landed and we had extremely few ill equipped on the ground to defend against the initial landing, never mind having no typhoons or destroyers in that area at that point in time.
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We only have 3 destroyers (including only 1 type 45), and 4 typhoons in the area. Hardly a deterrent against a determined (local) military.
Mount Pleasant is only one area of the Falklands. So yes, we can defend one mountain...big deal.
I don't know what your military training is, but it certainly isn't military strategy.
If we want to really put Argentina off making a serious attack on the Falklands, then we need to boost our defences now, and not just have a token defence force there.
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Russ I don't think me being an ex-weapons tech has anything to do with my attitude apart from understanding equipment is what keeps the army moving, fighting and winning.... 1982 wasn't a war it was a skirmish, we took a few shots from them then walked all over them. Most importantly we learned from our mistakes hence Mount Pleasant exists, hence there's 4 typhoons on the island and hence with the first moans by the argies we've got a type 45 deployed there..
It's just all common sense looking at everything.. not only the army numbers but also the other factors (equipment, training, moral, logistics) which you have to take into consideration which certain people seem to be blinkered to..  |
You are continuing to insult British forces who sacrificed their lives last time.
Yes we have
one type 45 there...that's all
I think you need to get your head out of the sand. Because that's when someone can come up behind you and kick you up the backside.