The Falklands thread
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That's what they said about the patriot....
The Patriot is American. It's primary use is to shoot at friendlies.
As a defence utility its almost unmatched, it can track incoming ordinance from thousands of miles away and it's missiles can lock on to a ballistic golf ball. The thing could destroy all of the Argies airforce at the press of one button.
I'd say it's all set, especially when you add a stealth sub into the mix.
We need to send one to the Ryder Cup!
The type 45's search range caps out at about 400km, which while still awesome is a far cry from thousands of miles.
It also doesn't carry enough missiles to destroy the argentine air force, even presuming a 1-hit kill no misses and not having to use any missiles to intercept any enemy missiles it would still run out before killing all the combat craft.
Of course rumour mill has half the argentine air force grounded and unflyable but you can never take too many chances.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread808022/pg1
Ah here we go. A nice tin foil hat conspiracy to get us going
Jesus, I spent 5 reading through that. That's one of the worst posts I've ever read..
Yeah I doubt the Argies would be able to put up more than about 20 airworthy planes.
But...the 400km range is only if the planes decide to play nice and fly at high altitude, and they weren't even stupid enough to do that last time. If they fly low level, the range is very much limited by the horizon, albeit SAMPSON is mounted higher than in comparable ships to extend the horizon they can operate out to.
we've just dyed our entire army tan it'll take months painting them green again
Not to mention the dust and sand filters we've bought for all the vehicles engines. Better to invade somewhere else in the Middle East, get our money's worth out of them!
What a refreshing post from the last page of dross
Further to that, Chavez does have some toys but his ability to project that and quickly repalce that is limited. Chavez's conflict with the US backed Columbia would leave him too exposed if he started playing games thousands of miles away.
I can't see (personally) Brazil getting involved, it has so much more to gain by being more 'liberal' on the world stage. The rest of SA is insignificant, militarily.
There's an increasing voice inside Argentina of those who don't agree with the view of the government, they see it as a ploy to detract from their dire financial state. I only hope this view gains strength and allows this to blow over without incident.
He also has a second home in Hawaii. How hypocritical is that!