Posted on 02/25/2010 12:57:58 PM PST by Nachum
Destroyer HMS York spotted the vessel around ten miles inside the disputed “oil zone” around the South Atlantic islands.
The Royal Navy has intercepted an Argentinian warship near British waters in an apparent escalation of the row over the Falkland Islands.
The British crew had to radio the Argentinian ship, a smaller corvette named ARA Drummond, to demand that it change its course.
Sources told The Sun that the ship made an “innocent navigational blunder” and were embarrassed about the mistake.
It is believed that the Drummond was spotted sailing alongside a French fleet before it broke away and headed for the disputed zone.
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"We were just picking up a new Exocet missile. We mean you no harm."
And why not? Obamy has pretty much given the Argentines the green light by refusing to back Britain.
I doubt Argentina’s military has improved much since the early 80’s.
Yes, but unfortunately Great Britain’s has declined markedly since then.
I wonder if the US will give the Brits satellite support this time.
Word is the sub has been there for some time, with her 38 cruise missiles and a LOAD of torpedoes!
There is at least one more on the way to the falklands and one already near Venezuela!
ya, it’s quite sad to see the brits fall so far from the days of the iron lady.
I still don’t think Argentenians will come out on top if they continue to push though.
My favorite story from the Falklands War was when approx. 100 Gurkha's landed on Argentine (I believe) soil and were confronted by more than 1,000 soldiers - all Argentine soldiers were fully armed.
The Gurkha soldiers had only their kukri knives. And their steel will.
Though more than outnumbered 10 to 1, the Argentine soldiers saw their opposers, dropped their weapons and ran.
Hope the Gurkha's will be involved in this.
:-)
The Brit’s should remove all of their people from the islands and then turn the Falkland’s into a large dump for nuclear waste.
Thought the Argentine soldiers were in the majority by a 10 to one margin....
Sheese! Sorry, I've been up since 3:00 AM and am miss-firing a bit...
The gherkins also had L1A1’s. But they like to slice and dice.
But what have they done since then? The Brits have Typhoons and better navy craft.
The Strange Death of the Royal Navy. Brits will now rely on Europeans for their defense
Half of Royal Navy’s ships in mothballs as defence cuts bite
The ships they have now are much better than the older versions used in 1982.
The Gherka’s were HEAVILY outnumbered.
Smart men want to keep their heads, so to speak...
Well, I guess the point is that the Brits don’t really have that many warships anymore, certainly not enough to hold off Argentinian air attacks.
I hate to sound mean spirited, but if the brits want to have colonies far far away, they need to have a navy that can protect and defend these colonies. FUBO was out of line in not backing the brits, but c’mon...if you ain’t got no way to protect what is yours, why do you have it?(POOR ENGLISH ON PURPOSE)
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