• @[email protected]
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      221 year ago

      I wouldn’t call the Falkland Islands War 2: Electric Boogaloo “WW3”. More like a police action, to be honest. The Argentine Navy and Air Force these days is frankly laughable in comparison to their military strength before the first FI war, let alone the strength of the RN and RAF today.

    • @YoBuckStopsHere
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      101 year ago

      Argentina wouldn’t last a day against a modern military.

      • @FishFace
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        251 year ago

        They’d last a day against the Royal Navy because it would take longer than a day to get there.

        • @YoBuckStopsHere
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          121 year ago

          There are 1500 troops stationed in the Falklands and a sizable force at Royal Air Force Station Ascension.

        • @[email protected]
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          101 year ago

          Oh, I’d expect a British ship or two to hang out very near the Falklands for as long as he’s in power.

          • @FishFace
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            51 year ago

            At the moment the patrol is a single River class whose largest armament is a 30mm cannon. In the past there tended to be either a frigate or a destroyer in the area, but while the Argentine navy is much diminished they can probably overpower or outmanoeuvre that defence.