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To: tanknetter
I believe they could get that capabiliuty back quickly. I do not believe the Sea Harriers were destroyed. If so, then they are in even worse trouble.

But, even if they are not and the UK could get them on those carriers...the SU-30s, in well trained hands, would be able, IMHO, to overwhelm the Sea Harriers. They would need our help.

90 posted on 09/02/2007 3:10:36 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not Free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: Jeff Head

PRELIM Strike on their air fields with Cruise Missles


129 posted on 09/02/2007 4:04:10 PM PDT by uncbob (m first)
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To: Jeff Head

Some of the Sea Harriers are still ground run at the deck handling school. There is no way that they can be made operational. The capability and infrastructure to get all the systems back up and operational again are long gone. The number of airframes used for this purpose is tiny. You can buy Sea Harrier airframes on E-bay. One of the retired Sea Harriers is currently in the US and awaiting first-flight in private hands. It is owned by an ex-USMC AV-8 pilot.

The whole point is moot anyway. There is no way that Argentina wants to go back down the path of a military intervention in the Falklands. The Argentine forces simply don’t have the capability to sustain an invasion of the Falklands and maintain it.


288 posted on 09/03/2007 1:57:01 PM PDT by Tommyjo
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