Argentina Reasserts Claims To Falklands (again)

[tomahawk6]

The Brits have deployed a Type 45 air defense destroyer to the Falklands,which is a very capable platform. One type 45 is equal to 5 type 42 destroyers. It also has stealth characteristics. The chance of the Argentines replicating their 83 invasion is virtually nil IMO. There are UK nuclear attack subs in the vicinity of the Falklands with Tomahawk missiles which would destroy any major surface vessels and take out Argentine air bases.Alot of pain for no gain which isnt smart for an Argentine politician.

 

[daftandbarmy]

The Brits have deployed a Type 45 air defense destroyer to the Falklands,which is a very capable platform. One type 45 is equal to 5 type 42 destroyers. It also has stealth characteristics. The chance of the Argentines replicating their 83 invasion is virtually nil IMO. There are UK nuclear attack subs in the vicinity of the Falklands with Tomahawk missiles which would destroy any major surface vessels and take out Argentine air bases.Alot of pain for no gain which isnt smart for an Argentine politician.

Interesting: 'smart' and 'politician' are seldom seen in the same sentence.  ;D

 

[tomahawk6]

To be fair,it wasnt the Argentine politicians that started the Falklands War but the military junta. :camo:

 

[jollyjacktar]

Sean Penn accuses Britain of 'colonialism' over Falklands
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/falklandislands/9080473/Sean-Penn-accuses-Britain-of-colonialism-over-Falklands.html

and the response from some quarters:

'Sean Penn's an idiot and a fool': Falklands hero Simon Weston hits back at bleeding heart actor's explosive remarks on disputed islands
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100858/Sean-Penns-idiot-fool-Falklands-hero-Simon-Weston-hits-back.html

Pride of Britain: Falkland Islanders stage 4x4 convoy to tell Sean Penn where to stick his views
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2102552/Pride-Britain-Falkland-Islanders-stage-4x4-convoy-tell-Sean-Penn-stick-views.html

 

[jeffb]

'Sean Penn's an idiot and a fool': Falklands hero Simon Weston hits back at bleeding heart actor's explosive remarks on disputed islands
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100858/Sean-Penns-idiot-fool-Falklands-hero-Simon-Weston-hits-back.html

He may be that on this issue but at least Sean Penn put's his money and his time where his mouth is unlike so many of the celebrity types. http://jphro.org/ Apparently, he spent quite a long time living in a refugee camp in Haiti after the quake.

 

[daftandbarmy]

He may be that on this issue but at least Sean Penn put's his money and his time where his mouth is unlike so many of the celebrity types. http://jphro.org/ Apparently, he spent quite a long time living in a refugee camp in Haiti after the quake.

Must have picked up something terminal there, which would explain why he's clearly gone insane....

 

[jeffb]

Safe to say the guys who are most opposed to an invasion of the Falkland's are probably the pilots in the Argentine Air Force.  :nod:

 

[QORvanweert]

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

Large info-graphic at link on the present day capabilities of each side. Sorry, I couldn't paste it in due to the formatting.

 

[daftandbarmy]

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

Large info-graphic at link on the present day capabilities of each side. Sorry, I couldn't paste it in due to the formatting.

Here's an info graphic they should send to Argentina.  ;D

 

[GK .Dundas]

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

Large info-graphic at link on the present day capabilities of each side. Sorry, I couldn't paste it in due to the formatting.

Am I the only one person on the entire internet to realize that the Argentinians no ability whatsoever to pull off an invasion ,at this time????.

 

[GAP]

Yeah, but if Argentina caused Briton to ramp up periodically, it becomes cry wolf time....and one of these times...

 

[ModlrMike]

Am I the only one person on the entire internet to realize that the Argentinians no ability whatsoever to pull off an invasion ,at this time????.

It doesn't matter what you or I think. It only matters what the average Argentinian thinks, and what will secure another term in government.

 

[aesop081]

Am I the only one person on the entire internet to realize that the Argentinians no ability whatsoever to pull off an invasion ,at this time????.

Yes, clearly you are.

 

[jeffb]

Am I the only one person on the entire internet to realize that the Argentinians no ability whatsoever to pull off an invasion ,at this time????.

And you know this how? History is filled with examples of things that could never happen yet did.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Am I the only one person on the entire internet to realize that the Argentinians no ability whatsoever to pull off an invasion ,at this time????.

Shhhhhh.... the Royal Navy doesn't want that to get out. It's budget time  ;D

 

[tomahawk6]

Video of the near run Vulcan bomber strike on Port Stanley's airport. An 8,000 mile run that required 13 tankers to get one Vulcan bomber on target and it was a brilliant move that enabled the British task force to operate closer to shore.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9b0_1332196120

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c41_1332197703

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d37_1332198290

 

[daftandbarmy]

Video of the near run Vulcan bomber strike on Port Stanley's airport. An 8,000 mile run that required 13 tankers to get one Vulcan bomber on target and it was a brilliant move that enabled the British task force to operate closer to shore.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9b0_1332196120

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c41_1332197703

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d37_1332198290

...and after all that they only managed to get one bomb on the airfield itself. A moment's silence for the endless cups of RAF tea that gave their lives for this glorious mission  ;D

 

[jeffb]

Thanks for posting that. I was unaware of this mission. Very interesting to consider that only a few years later the same effect would be achieved through the usage of cruise missiles in GW I. The very next year (1983) the Tomahawk came into service in the US in fact. It amazes me how much more effective that firing a few tomahawks from a submerged submarine would have been.

 

[tomahawk6]

Tomahawk's are not exactly ideal for cratering a runway.No question they could have struck airfields in Argentina which might have prevented excocet attacks on the transports and destroyers.

 

[aesop081]

Tomahawk's are not exactly ideal for cratering a runway.

True, but "perfect is the enemy of good enough".

If it can do this, i imagine a runway wouldn't fare too well either.