falklands will it kick off

[deltaevo16]

Some more sabre rattling thats all, If they try it again which is highly unlikely, they will have there arses smacked once more. Be a little more difficult without the big carrier
and the Harrier but its still doable. We had more resolve than they did.

[davepoth]

deltaevo16 said:

Some more sabre rattling thats all, If they try it again which is highly unlikely, they will have there arses smacked once more. Be a little more difficult without the big carrier
and the Harrier but its still doable. We had more resolve than they did.

They've got little chance. in 1982 we had 57 troops in the Falklands and no air assets. Now we've got a garrison of over 1,000 personnel, 4 Typhoons, a Hercules and a VC-10 tanker which makes it a much different prospect. With that much open ocean to cover between Buenos Aires and Stanley most of their ships would have holes in them before they got close enough to land.

Barring a highly successful special forces operation by the Argies, there's little chance they could gain the air superiority they would need to invade.