Falklands

So basically we should sink to the levels of a barbaric military junta? Well, that's alright then.

Except that it was outside our ZONE.

Not to mention most of the residents of the Falklands prefer to be living under British Control than Argie.

Last time they were under Argie control the Argies took over their houses and lived in them. They made a mess, and literally **** everywhere.

The same reaction as last time. Although we should go further and invade Argentina. As we should have done last time, if Thatcher hadn't loved South American military dictators so much.

The same reaction as last time. Although we should go further and invade Argentina. As we should have done last time, if Thatcher hadn't loved South American military dictators so much.

There was a mission to take out an airfield in mainland Argentina.
It was an SAS operation. They stripped all the unnecessary parts from the helicopter and put in extra fuel (as it was so far it was a one way trip). Then they loaded the chopper with the SAS soldiers and whatever else they needed and headed off.

The plan was to hit an airfield on mainland Argentina where there were a great amount of planes that were harassing British ships.

Anyway they landed in Argentina and the SAS officer in charge got out but declared they were in the wrong position even though a few SAS NCO's and SNCO's disagree. So they got back on the chopper and flew somewhere else where the OC thought was right, but the others disagreed. So they hopped off and as planned the pilots went and ditched the helicopter. They planted explosives and headed for the border of the nearest neutral country which was Chile I think.

The SAS soldiers had a think about where they were but couldn't deicde so they aborted the mission and headed for Chile.

The SAS soldiers and pilots made it and were re-repatriated to the UK.

Various members of the SAS were furious. They had a great chance for what was hailed as an amazing mission, a great chance and they threw it away. Other members of the SAS were speechless.

I can only imagine what might have happend if they had taken out that airfield. Maybe one or two less ships would have been sunk.

The Argies found the wreckage of the chopper but the Brits said it was merely on a patrol of the coast or something like that and it had a fault so they had to ditch.

It wasn't very convincing and rumours started immediately of UK special forces missions in Argentina, which pissed of the Argies even more.

I heard of a mission very similar to this but I heard the SAS refused to do it as they saw it as a suicide run. The best SAS story I know is that 4-6 men held a 2 mile ridge for hours from a force of hundereds by positioning guns at intervals and running back and forth thus fooling the Argies into thinking they were up against a bigger force.

Yes that story you heard of was B squadron SAS, as I stated in an early post the idea was that the Hercules would land but not stop, so that when the soldiers were off it would take off again straight away. Anyway it would still be moving and the soldiers would be running off in a concentrated area so they thought they would get gunned down easily. They thought it was suicide. They did train for it, but disagreed with it and voiced their concern.

They had flown into the Ascension islands and were waiting to be deployed to the Falklands, when suddenly the mission was cancelled and some people blamed the soldiers of B squadron for negativity and practically accused them of refusing to do the mission.

As a result the OC (Officer in Command, usually a Major) was sacked as were one or two of the Senior NCO's and B squadron was given a damning report and ********* by command.

To be honest I dont think any less of those soldiers, the OC or NCOs and cant understand anybody who would.The SAS are the very best soldiers around - no question - but theres only so much they can do although admittedly if the mission had been successful it could have saved the lives of Navy personnel.

Argentina is no longer run by a crazed junta..........

This time maybe we could not sink a battleship filled with teenage recruits...

I don't think we would have the capacity to retake the Falklands if it happenned today. The British forces are a shadow of what they were 30 years ago.

I don't think we would have the capacity to retake the Falklands if it happenned today. The British forces are a shadow of what they were 30 years ago.

I don't think we would have the capacity to retake the Falklands if it happenned today. The British forces are a shadow of what they were 30 years ago.

This time maybe we could not sink a battleship filled with teenage recruits...

Are you fighting then?

The MoD have nowhere near the resources to launch such a campaign and it would cost thousands of British lives.

Thats what the US generals said last time - except the Armed Forces did win.

In what sense? The Army still has tens of thousands of professional infantry personnel trained to the best standards (not to mention RAF Reg and RM), the new Astute class submarine is second to none,the new destroyer is technologically superior to anything the argies would have, the Eurofighter is still very good plus theres always the Trident nuclear deterent.

The only problem of they attacked soon is that so many of the MoDs resources are in Afghanistan and the Navy is deployed in Somali waters.