Posted on 02/23/2014 9:56:12 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
And Britain was ruined by the the statists who ousted Thatcher. Who will win in a war of weakened powers?
Time will tell, but I am betting this military buildup has more to do with the Plastic Queen watching with horror as Venezuela falls apart. She just can’t fathom the greedy serfs picking the jewels from her crown.
British submarines will take out the Argentine Navy. All you have to say is “Belgrano” and see what happens.
I’m willing to bet that the Brits have lots of Harrier Jump jets still left either on or near the Falklands. The US, in one of its stupidest demilitarization moves in recent times, stopped buying them from England so our units had to buy older British models to cannibalize them for parts.
They were extremely effective in Iraq and if they haven’t been used in Afghanistan, they should be. Can on on your driveway and packs a deadly punch.
Another of one of Obama’s lets get our troops killed while I can.
As I recall, a squadron of Typhoons are based on the Falklands.
The entire Argentine Air Force wouldn't be a match for them.
The RAF has a flight of Typhoons stationed at Mount pleasant.
We shouldn’t laugh too hard after letting the Bush dynasty, the Clintons and the Chicago grifters take us apart.
Oh, I don’t laugh. It’s the good people who live on the islands who will suffer if something goes bad. In a lot of Britain’s far-flung outposts, the people have retained their moral character, being distant from the squalor.
Don't buy green bananas. Just sayin'
I think “president” Cruz will put us back on track, just as President Reagan did after the hapless, misguided Carter administration. I was there and saw it with my own two eyes, although I was a spear carrier Spec/5.
The Brits will need more that a squadron of Typhoons to deal with the Argentinians, if that is all they have on the islands.
That is unless there is some damned good, long range AA missiles around to take out the Ars early on.
However, aren’t the Typhoons also bombers? If so, they would be better suited to hitting the mainland or at least the Argentinian Navy (assuming the subs don’t get them all).
One should always have a mix & match air force when confronted by a possible attack. That is why the Harriers are so important. Can land on a dime, carry a mixed weapons payload, and also act as fighters. Which is exactly why the US dropped them. Too efficient and not very costly.
The Brits also have the old Blowpipe AA missile and I assume a couple newer generations of them we haven’t seen. Hopefully every household in the Falklands has one in the closet.
British logistical systems are for crap. It was the US that helped the Brits in the 1980’s resupply their forces.
That is why an aircraft carrier is so important, even if it is only a small one. Lesson not learned by the British even as far back as WW2 (Believe they lost the Ark and the Dove to the Japs which killed their offensive and defensive capabilities re Singapore, Burma, etc.
Well, it looks like the country is about to divide. Crimea saw massive secessionist protests in the ‘capital’ of Sevastapol today. They want nothing to do with the protesters in Kiev.
The Brits also keep naval assets in the area including attack subs.
The UK has a squadron of Typhoon fighters based on the main Falkland Islands. They have retired their jump jets.
But the Typhoons are very modern and very capable and will handle any old Mirages or A-4s the Argentines still have.
A single British nuclear attack submarine will handle the entire Argentine Navy...or what is left of it.
Prospects for a successful Argentine operation against the Falklands are very poor...even without the UK carriers.
The Brits had no aircraft carrier stationed in Asian waters at the beginning of WW II.
You are probably referring to the loss of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battle cruiser HMS Repulse, sunk by land-based Japanese planes off Malaya in December, 1941 -- eliminating the major units of the RN in the Far East.
The Ark Royal was sunk by a U-boat off Gibraltar.
The Typhoons are very capable, and can serve in either the air superiority role or the attack role. They can carry any of the modern A2A missiles from AIM-9X to ASRAAMs to AMRAAMs.
They would be more than a match for anything the Argentines could throw at them. They would have to hold until reinforcement aircraft got there...which would be quickly forthcoming in the event of an attack.
You’re right. Got my ships mixed up. Those loses crippled the British Navy’s fighting abilities in Asia and hurt them in the European Theater.
As I recall, British carrier planes destroyed the Italian navy at Taranto Bay by using aerial torpedoes with devastating effect.
Can’t get to my WW2 history books right now so I’m winging it.
Pssssst! Wrong conflict.
You got it right. The raid was conducted by Swordfish biplanes off the deck of the Illustrious.
Ah, sorry wrong thread. haha. But still, a very interesting development!
Brits have 4 Typhoons and a company of infantry at Mt. Pleasant in the Falklands.
Might not sound like much but the Typhoon is a much more modern aircraft than anything Argentina is deploying.
Unlike in 1982, Argentina has little ability to land troops in the Falklands, their LST, the Cabo San Antonio, left service 20 years ago.
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