Argentina has now closed its ports to all UK ships too. And the UK hasn’t responded yet (perhaps due to all international eyes being on the London Olympics?)
I think this Argentine regime is tooling up for another war with Britain...as a way to bring totalitarian rule into force. Even though they’d surely lose in an outright military confrontation—who knows, the wimpy Brits may end up caving (the Argentines think) and even if they don’t, a war would galvanize the Argentine people and easily allow for the Marxists to take full power....
To a leftist dictatorship it’s win-win situation—and if a few hundred of their own “eggs” (people) get killed in the process, so what?
“Even though they’d surely lose in an outright military confrontation—”
You sure? This isn’t 1981 anymore.
The Fleet Air arm is all helicopter now, period. No Sea Harriers,,, none. The RAF Harriers are gone too, no embarking them on the one helo flatop left. The surface warfare fleet is 6 destroyers and 13 frigates. Thats it.
The 6 Subs the British have could be very nasty.
They have no Air Force beyond Tornados and Typhoons. There is simply no ability for the RAF to project power beyond the reach of a tactical fighter.
England has 200 tanks, and no realistic way to transport them. The actually have more generals than they have tanks!
But the British simply no longer have any ability to project power. And in the role of the defender, the Argies have a wonderful position against a weak opponent.
Englands only hope is their classic plan. To drag the USA into it.