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![]() "Keith W" wrote in message ... Ray O'Hara wrote: "Frogwatch" wrote in message the Argies re-fused bombs from ground use to anti-shipping use and their attempt failed. many of the re-fused bombs that did hit failed to explode. the Antelope was one such bomb that initially failed to explode, it was later accidently set of by the Bomb defuser. most others were successfully rendered safe. The problem with the Hercules bomber was rather more fundmental. One of the two ships they managed to hit was a US flagged tanker which did nothing to endear them to the US government. Keith that they hit anything is amazing. Fortunately for the UK the Argie Army and Navy didn't have the balls the Argie Air Force had. |
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On Jan 16, 8:06*pm, "Ray O'Hara" wrote:
"Keith W" wrote in message ... Ray O'Hara wrote: "Frogwatch" wrote in message the Argies re-fused bombs from ground use to anti-shipping use and their attempt failed. many of the re-fused bombs that did hit failed to explode. the Antelope was one such bomb that initially failed to explode, it was later accidently set of by the Bomb defuser. most others were successfully rendered safe. The problem with the Hercules bomber was rather more fundmental. One of the two ships they managed to hit was a US flagged tanker which did nothing to endear them to the US government. Keith that they hit anything is amazing. Fortunately for the UK the Argie Army and Navy didn't have the balls the Argie Air Force had. The guys on the Argentinian GUPPY boat drove their sub about as hard as they could. |
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On 17/01/2012 02:28, David E. Powell wrote:
The guys on the Argentinian GUPPY boat drove their sub about as hard as they could. The Santa Fe? Not really, they were caught on the surface and crippled before they knew they were under attack. (Chris Parry, later to make flag rank and run the Maritime Warfare Centre and then the Joint Doctrine & Concepts Centre, may have owed some of his career to being the observer that guided the Wessex in for a radar-guided attack in fog). Similarly, the San Luis - a newer German-built Type 209 - caused some irritation, but can hardly be said to have been "hard driven" (imagine what a determinedly-driven small diesel boat could have achieved amongst the San Carlos landings, for a nightmare scenario) Unfortunately for the Argentine Navy in particular, actually fighting a war turned out to be much more difficult than interrogating attractive female dissidents aboard the ESMA, hence their decision to hide-with-pride throughout the conflict. -- He thinks too much, such men are dangerous. |
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:06:59 -0500, Ray O'Hara wrote:
that they hit anything is amazing. Fortunately for the UK the Argie Army and Navy didn't have the balls the Argie Air Force had. They had the balls alright, they just didn't have the leadership. Leadership for an airforce fighting a single entity isn't that difficult, you just load up the weapons and send your young men out to die. With an army or a navy you need slightly more intelligence. The Argentine army and navy had spent the past decade fighting highly dangerous intellectuals and,, now and again, a lethal trade union official or even a journalist armed with highly explosive printing presses. When they came up against people with guns they were in real trouble because they weren't used to people who could shoot back. -- William Black Free men have open minds If you want loyalty, buy a dog... |
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