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To: Caulkhead

“Bravado or not, the Argentinian pilots had a 100% air to air loss rate against Harriers.”

The Argentine airforce was not there to dogfight Harriers but to sink British ships... which they did.


38 posted on 01/31/2012 8:09:59 AM PST by Mashood
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To: Mashood

I’m sure they do not want to face HM Marines or Gurkali- speaking knife-wielding infantry again either.


42 posted on 01/31/2012 8:42:33 AM PST by RitchieAprile
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To: Mashood

“The Argentine airforce was not there to dogfight Harriers but to sink British ships... which they did.”

They were there to destroy sufficient British ships to stop the islands being retaken. This was impossible without destroying British air cover, thus they failed.


51 posted on 02/01/2012 2:45:13 AM PST by Caulkhead
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