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Old 31st Jan 2012, 20:08
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Easy Street
 
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If it all kicks off and the Argies do lob one onto Stanleys runway scratch the use of 4 Typhoons..wheres our air defence then

Probably operating from the same airfield that the AD force has been using for..oh..about 25 years. Clue..it's not Stanley.
Not only that - MPA could take an absolute pounding before there isn't enough concrete left for a Typhoon to get airborne off a minimum operating strip. With the number of aircraft available to the Argies, airfield denial would need a comprehensive GPS-guided bomb plot to 'plink' all the critical intersections and taxyways. A 'lucky' bomb from a stick straddling the runway just won't cut it - success with dumb bombs would required dozens and dozens of missions to get over the target, highly unlikely I would suggest...

It's almost like they designed it that way
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