That'll sort the Argies out

[shaunbhoy]

When reading an article the other day it was mentioned that the UK no longer have any active aircraft carriers or Harrier Jump Jets so could not repeat the successes of the last Falklands war.

Is that correct?

That is essentially correct. However, that does not mean that we would lose any future conflict.
The chances of the Argies being able to invade in the first place is slim.
They only succeeded last time because our garrison then consisted of about two dozen Marines, 2 cooks, a Padre, and fook all else.
It has been considerably beefed up since.

HTH

[BrilloPad]

It has been considerably beefed up since.

I bet the troops love the falklands posting. Could have been worse - it could have been Belize.

[DimPrawn]

From Wikipedia:

On 2 April 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and other British territories in the South Atlantic. The military junta which had ruled Argentina since 1976 sought to maintain power by diverting public attention from the nation's poor economic performance and exploiting the long-standing feelings of the Argentines towards the islands.



I'm surprised we aren't invading Argentina on that basis.

[BrilloPad]

I'm surprised we aren't invading Argentina on that basis.

Its not close enough to election time yet. And this time we are going to attack France. And its our turn to be on the same side as Germany.

[EternalOptimist]

The last Falklands camapign was about the difficulty WE had in mounting an invasion, the next one will be about the difficultles THEY have in mounting an invasion.
We dont need much to make it nigh on impossible, just a few hundred troops, some artillery, some anti aircraft and a few planes, loads of ammo and the ability to reinforce.

Without an airfield, they will be able to get zero supplies or reinforcements in once our subs arrive

[DimPrawn]

I suspect if they do invade it would have to be by them using special forces to secure the runway for themselves and then putting surface to air missile defense on the island.

[EternalOptimist]

I suspect if they do invade it would have to be by them using special forces to secure the runway for themselves and then putting surface to air missile defense on the island.

that would make a great hollywood movie


can you just remind me where it's been done before ?

in real life

[OwlHoot]

When reading an article the other day it was mentioned that the UK no longer have any active aircraft carriers or Harrier Jump Jets so could not repeat the successes of the last Falklands war.

Is that correct?

The next carrier is due to enter service in about 2030 IIRC. So as long as the Argies don't start anything before then, we'll be fine.

Also, I think we'll be sharing the carrier with France; but any idea that the French might put obstacles in the way of its use, to pressure the UK over EU issues such as a transaction tax for example, is entirely misguided.

[Moose423956]

When reading an article the other day it was mentioned that the UK no longer have any active aircraft carriers or Harrier Jump Jets so could not repeat the successes of the last Falklands war.

Is that correct?

Whilst up the Spinaker Tower in Portsmouth last weekend I took a photo of an aircraft carrier in dock, looked pretty up-to-date to me. Don't know how to post the photo here though.

[Churchill]

I bet the troops love the falklands posting. Could have been worse - it could have been Belize.

I did my Jungle Warfare Training in Belize, it's a ******* doddle! Populated by very strange ex(?)SAS blokes pissed out of their tiny minds on God knows what but not the worst place to be on the planet.