• @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.