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To: the scotsman
Sorry, I think its no BS.

Sorry. You'd be wrong.

And what the hell, saying Australia and NZ helped you? That's like saying the US was supported by Guam and Puerto Rico.

45 posted on 12/28/2012 1:44:03 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Bathhouse Barry wants YOU to bend over for another four years)
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To: VeniVidiVici
And what the hell, saying Australia and NZ helped you? That's like saying the US was supported by Guam and Puerto Rico.

Not at all. Britain did not formally assist Australian military assistance during the Falklands, but it was made quite clear to the UK that Australia would have provided anything requested and the Royal Australian Navy was of sufficient size and strength to make that offer very meaningful. In particular, we still had an aircraft carrier at the time, capable of operating non-VSTOL aircraft - a capability that the Royal Navy no longer had. Australia's force of six submarines would also have been very useful (and a lot of what they did around that time is still classified, just as a matter of interest). The capabilities of the RAN were, and are, significant in comparison to the RN, and back in the early 1980s, we were still very used to operating together (the last formal imperial model 'combined fleet' had only disbanded in 1975).

50 posted on 12/28/2012 3:32:03 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: VeniVidiVici

Sorry, but its your opinion on the papers released this week. I have my opposite opinion. These are at least documents we can read rather than speculation.

Just because you dont like whats being presented dosent mean its rubbish.

BTW, the Aussies and Kiwis gave us some naval and intelligence support. Dont disrespect them, they may not be your kith and kin but they are ours.

Our big 3 supports were the US, Chile and S Africa. France, contrary to myth, actually helped us with the Exocets. It was Germany that was the problem with missiles.


59 posted on 12/28/2012 6:54:27 PM PST by the scotsman (i)
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