Hello, Alan!
You wrote on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:50:12 GMT:

?? Subs can launch cruise-missiles and tridents with impunity against all
?? A-4 bases, with nukes if called for...

AE The British could have done that in 1982 and didn't.

They didn't have to . . .

AE They won't do it now either. Imagine the political repercussions from
AE using nuclear weapons.

They can't really be sure, can they??
Anyway - missiles can also carry ordinary explosives
- one in the middle of Plaza del Mayo will do the trick!

Subs can close down sea traffic - carriers far from land can stop
air-travel.
An Argentinian attack on the Falklands would give the british the right
under the law!

So it's not gonna happen - too many smart people on both sides.

With best regards, alf blume. E-mail: