falklands war part 2

[MaryN]

The Falklands conflict is a sore point in my household! I don't blame Margaret Thatcher for taking on the Argentinians, it was the right thing to do, but the losses were awful. OH was flying casevac during that campaign.

[Sunna]

I don't think their will be another war at the moment but if the oil and gas that have been found are in large amounts ....who knows.

no matter how many troops ect are stationed their keeping them fed and armed if it kicked off again wont be easy.

[Midnitemo]

The Brits don't tend to get caught twice the same way...I'm sure there are lots of stores and munitions laid down on the island already but supplying the islands wouldn't be so difficult as we already have an airbridge established routed through Ascension islands , the Argentines have no long range aircraft to interdict the air traffic beyond the reach of the MPA based typhoons , there only aircraft with air to air re fuelling capabilities are A6's remaining from the time of the conflict , they have two tankers that aren't currently airworthy , there Sub's haven't been out to sea in a dog's age...without some serious external support were going nowhere unless we decide too.

[Devonian]

(11 April 2015, 17:37)Midnitemo Wrote: The Brits don't tend to get caught twice the same way...I'm sure there are lots of stores and munitions laid down on the island already but supplying the islands wouldn't be so difficult as we already have an airbridge established routed through Ascension islands , the Argentines have no long range aircraft to interdict the air traffic beyond the reach of the MPA based typhoons , there only aircraft with air to air re fuelling capabilities are A6's remaining from the time of the conflict , they have two tankers that aren't currently airworthy , there Sub's haven't been out to sea in a dog's age...without some serious external support were going nowhere unless we decide too.

Serious external support for Argentina:

http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/...rms-supply

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense.../23602417/

http://www.janes.com/article/48726/argen...king-group

[Sunna]

can china make better weapons than the west , or are they just copying our stuff as a people they have invented nothing of worth since gunpowder.

if we keep giving them our tec [to make for us on the cheap] one day it just might be turned on us.

[Devonian]

(11 April 2015, 19:30)Sunna Wrote: can china make better weapons than the west , or are they just copying our stuff as a people they have invented nothing of worth since gunpowder.

if we keep giving them our tec [to make for us on the cheap] one day it just might be turned on us.

Don't discount the Chinese tech, they have after all hacked/stolen most of the US militaries weapons plans/blueprints:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014.../?page=all

http://news.usni.org/2014/11/05/u-s-pilo...-f-22-f-35

[Sunna]

I do wonder if all that scrap metal our gipsy friends have been collecting over the last few years will be made into chinas new airforce / navy / army...

[Steve]

(11 April 2015, 19:30)Sunna Wrote: can china make better weapons than the west , or are they just copying our stuff as a people they have invented nothing of worth since gunpowder.

if we keep giving them our tec [to make for us on the cheap] one day it just might be turned on us.

It's easy to dismiss them as producers of cheap knock-offs, because so much cheap tat comes direct from China with the labels attached, but what you don't see is the really hi-tech stuff, that is made in China and sent as components to UK or USA, where some minimum-wage worker assembles it and puts a USA or UK sticker on it.

There is nothing we can build that the Chinese can't.

[Sunna]

hadron collider.....[spelling]

[Steve]

(12 April 2015, 01:19)Sunna Wrote: hadron collider.....[spelling]

Childs play for them, and they'd have finished it in half the time.