Argies Catch 22

[BrilloPad]

This makes me laugh. 1200 'highly trained' retards capable of holding back an army.

Yup, damn straight

However, most military strategists think we cannot defend it, let alone hold on to it.

How many can the Argies realistically deploy at any one time? I believe you need a 3-1 advantage against a dug in position - do Argies have 3600 elite troops? Do they have 36 elite troops?

However probably airpower is probably key - can Argentinian air force beat the Falklands aircraft available and bomb or take the airport? If they can then Falklands are gone.

[amcdonald]

I have a friend

It was looking believable till then

[Zoiderman]

How many can the Argies realistically deploy at any one time? I believe you need a 3-1 advantage against a dug in position - do Argies have 3600 elite troops? Do they have 36 elite troops?

However probably airpower is probably key - can Argentinian air force beat the Falklands aircraft available and bomb or take the airport? If they can then Falklands are gone.

Depends how they do it. I think they have 3 typhoons on the Island, so incapacitate those 3, and the islands yours, as there's no way it can be defended remotely; we don't have the ability to get anything there quickly.

As for dug in troops, they are not dug in, they are in barracks. A stealthy attack and they would be in. As I say, I would rather listen to people who know their stuff, than a fat, ginger, ex grunt retard, as they seem to know a bit more about the situation than people like him.

Also remember, these 1200 aren't highly motivated. All they have been able to do for their deployment is drink, or sleep with sheep (or each other). As ShaunnFatboy will tell you, 2 of those things stop being fun after a while.

[BrilloPad]

Depends how they do it. I think they have 3 typhoons on the Island, so incapacitate those 3, and the islands yours, as there's no way it can be defended remotely; we don't have the ability to get anything there quickly.

This is what concerns me. Maybe we need a few more aircraft there?

As for the rest of your post - my brother is an ex-major for 1para(and turned down the sas). He has no doubt of the spunk of the Britsh Soldiers. Oh dear that didn't quite come out right did it.....

[Zoiderman]

This is what concerns me. Maybe we need a few more aircraft there?

As for the rest of your post - my brother is an ex-major for 1para(and turned down the sas). He has no doubt of the spunk of the Britsh Soldiers. Oh dear that didn't quite come out right did it.....

Very good...

I think they are good, as they will blindly fight, but I don't think it's like it is out in the gulf, or Afghanistan, where you're all in this together. This is a remote archipelago, miles from anywhere, with one hotel, a couple of pubs and a naafi. Drink is very expensive, as the people in town with money (the oil folk) are being milked, so they can't even really afford to get out. There really is nothing to do, nothing. Nothing to shoot at, nothing to hunt, nothing. 9 months there would feel like a prison sentence. The morale, well, it must be low, through boredom.

I think if they did the Eurofighters, they'd be in there, within a couple of days. There is no way our gov would drop a bomb on mainland Argentina, absolutely no way. By the time we have negotiated an aircraft carrier from the French, the argies would be entrenched and the UN involved.

I think it is genuinely at risk, and I the rhetoric is slowly turning to nasty.

[BrilloPad]

This is what concerns me. Maybe we need a few more aircraft there?

As for the rest of your post - my brother is an ex-major for 1para(and turned down the sas). He has no doubt of the spunk of the Britsh Soldiers. Oh dear that didn't quite come out right did it.....

Of course my brother still believes that the British Army can win in Afghanistan.

You could nuke the entire country and 5 minutes later they would be crawling out from under their rocks.

Luckily Argentina does not have the ternacity of Afghanistan.

[BrilloPad]

Nothing to shoot at, nothing to hunt, nothing. 9 months there would feel like a prison sentence. The morale, well, it must be low, through boredom.

Could we send all the applicants to the Jeremy Kyle show out there for give the soldiers something to hunt?

The mother-out-law was staying last week and watched it - I had to leave after a minute feeling physically sick. If these 'people' really exist then they need culling.

[Zoiderman]

Of course my brother still believes that the British Army can win in Afghanistan.

You could nuke the entire country and 5 minutes later they would be crawling out from under their rocks.

Luckily Argentina does not have the ternacity of Afghanistan.

I think it's not the tenacity, but the will. I genuinely dont think they could afford war, fiscally, as well as physically. But the rhetoric is being ramped up, and if we don't do more to bolster defences, I think it could go tits up and I am not too sure anyone this side would stomach another war.

I don't really care about the Falklands and it does seem a little absurd we are still there.

[Zoiderman]

Could we send all the applicants to the Jeremy Kyle show out there for give the soldiers something to hunt?

The mother-out-law was staying last week and watched it - I had to leave after a minute feeling physically sick. If these 'people' really exist then they need culling.

I sat down for a late lunch the other day with Mrs ZM, I popped the TV on (no idea why) and it was on. Sat there transfixed that these people exist for about 5 mins before we turned it back off.

2 things worried me: were these people actualy real, and who actually watches it? It must be popular, for it's been on for years, but who actually watches it?

[amcdonald]

Almost topical...