Proven... remains to be seen whether they are economically recoverable yet. The reports so far haven't been brilliant in that regard but the latest drilling may be on the way to solving that!
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Proven... remains to be seen whether they are economically recoverable yet. The reports so far haven't been brilliant in that regard but the latest drilling may be on the way to solving that!
Because they think we're militarising the Falklands.
N, they don't. They want other countries to *think* we are militarising the Falklands. They know full well we aren't.
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Had they never invaded there'd be a company of marines and a survey vessel
TBH in my mind it was just a big political operation. We needed to show we were doing something before the task force reached the islands so the RAF came up with a plan to give the media a story and make the public believe we were doing something while everything else was ramping up.
How much actual military use it was is questionable.
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I suppose it also sent the message that if we can bomb stanley, we bomb Argentina.
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Fun-illy enough, had they not invaded, the Falklands would most likely have been handed back under diplomatic agreement, like Hong Kong....
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I agree.
We wouldn't get the same help from the US if it happened again
To which the reply would simply be never helping the US with any military action elsewhere making their political actions yet more isolated.
We wouldn't get the same help from the US if it happened again
tbh, if the falklands where invaded now, we could pull out of afghanistan and gulf without the yanks being able to say a single thing.
But i doubt the argies could take the islands without spending billions in upgrading there military and improving there basic training, something we'd firstly notice and second they couldn't afford to do.
All this is doing is creating a nice sparkly diversion for the pople whilst the real troubles go unnoticed. Very similiar to the destruction of the american bill of rights after 9-11, everyone was looking left and the goverment went right.
I've just heard Argentina has accused the UK of sending in a nuclear sub?
Well I'd not see the problem of that? If Argentina are to attempt to invade the islands again then it's pretty obvious the UK would have military vehicles in close proximity to intercept anything no?
Well I'd not see the problem of that? If Argentina are to attempt to invade the islands again then it's pretty obvious the UK would have military vehicles in close proximity to intercept anything no?
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All our subs are nuclear. We have a bunch of nuclear attack subs, armed with conventional anti-ship weapons and a few tomahawks for ground attack. There is probably one or maybe two stationed there right now, that's not what they are kicking a fuss up about.
They accused the UK of sending one of our SSBN's to the Falklands. Nuclear submarines armed with Trident II nuclear weapons. The accusation s without foundation, they are almost undetectable, their location is secret and they can hit a target 7000 miles away anyway, so why bother putting one so close?
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Rubbish you don't have a clue
No...
The UK are rotating one older destroyer for a newer destroyer* and sending Prince William in a Search and Rescue helicopter at the same time.
Those darstadly Search and Rescue choppers! Evil things they are and armed to the teeth with winches and rescue personnel!
*The direct replacement of the older destroyer
Clearly you haven't heard! ...Prince William is a 'weapon' ...he's like a royal Chuck Norris with his Sea King and fencing foil ...absolute bad ass, I can fully understand why they would view his deployment as akin to 'militarising' the South Atlantic
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I can only conclude they must have an Argentinian Wikipedia which is even less accurate than the real thing
Amusing stuff.
Amusing stuff.