Falkland Islands Left With No Royal Navy Warship Protection For First Time Since 1982 Conflict

[mikey4444]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/falklands-islands-left-with-no-royal-navy-warship-protection-for-first-time-since-1982-conflict-a6964491.html

Deep defence cuts by this Government have now left the Falklands with naval protection....I hope nobody tells the Argies !

[ToraToraTora]

Baldric:"I went to The Falklands in '82, (Four-Two Commando) we had an inspiring Leader at the time. " - Thanks balders for all you and your buddies did for us, I was a 20 year old student at the time. Thankfully for all of us and indeed the Falkland Islanders TGL was in charge, I hate to think what would have happened under any leader since.

[retrocop]

Stuey
What type of marine engines and propulsion systems did you have in mind for your 'round the horn nautical adventure'? The same that powers HMS Dauntless. :-(

[stuey]

Retro, The Goons wouldn't been concerned with such minor details: They'd just do it. Keep in mind that their show only lasted half an hour:)

[gangesboy]

10clarionSt - Yes I trained at Ganges - joined in Jan 1959 (19 recruitment) - I was in the Falklands in 60/61 serving on HMS Protector (Ice Patrol ship). We were working with the Falkland Island Dependency Service (FIDS) which was renamed as British Antarctic Survey in 1962. We patrolled the British Bases between Oct - May and then headed back to the UK.

[CrapAtCryptics]

Could it be that no visible cover is left - i`m not sure the Argentinians would risk losing another big ship

[stuey]

I really can't imagine Argentina risking another aggressive move against the Falkland Islands. They were thwarted once by the British Armed Forces, including some members of AB, resoundingly. The fact that the Royal Navy has no presence there is irrelevant since the first time they invaded there was none either. However, Mrs Thatcher soon remedied that situation.

[retrocop]

Stuey
Last time round Mrs Thatcher had HMS Hermes and Invincible which supplied the VTOL Harriers for Combat Air Patrol. It will be some time before our two new carriers come off the slips. There are 4 Typhoon fighter aircraft,1 Victor Tanker and 1 C130 on the Falklands at the moment.!! plus some Rapier Batteries.

[retrocop]

This is nearly 4 years old but nothing suggests we have become a stronger naval power since 2012. The report actually includes HMS Dauntless which is not going any where at the moment. :-(
http://www.naval-technology.com/features/featurefalklands-war-uk-navy-argentina/

[jourdain2]

It seems to me (I have also screamed my dislike at all the cuts in defence) that there has been (and is) a deliberate policy of weakening our defences so that, willy-nilly, we will be forced to join in with an EU army, air force and navy.

It was always nonsensical to scrap our aircraft carriers before replacements were due to be in service, but who listened to us 'right-wing nutcases'? The accountants and the politicians thought differently.

[DTCwordfan]

there's one fundamental in this that you are forgetting, mikey.....the Argies capability has been even more weakened than ours...they can hardly can scramble a football team together. All the political blah is hot wind......with the RAF base there, we are more than adequately covered.

[DTCwordfan]

this should settle this 'comparison' once and for all.

http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.asp?form=form&country1=United-Kingdom&country2=Argentina&Submit=Compare+Countries

[EDDIE51]

The 'Argies' navy is none existent , just a couple of patrol boats .

[DTCwordfan]

see my stats, eddie - and with an enormous coast line to cover.....Isis should look at it.

[EDDIE51]

The submarines referred to in that link are ancient 1960s vintage diesel powered ones. More a threat to their crews than anything more.

[DTCwordfan]

I see this is bouncing around in the Sun Tel this morning, no consideration given to the counter arguments and statistics given by Eddie and me.....wake up Mr Biased Editor, get all your facts together.