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Old 9th Feb 2014, 11:05
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I think you have answered your own question:

Originally Posted by Jimlad1
I'm curious as to why it was seen as escalatory...
Originally Posted by Jimlad1
...it was a far better capability than the C130...
Having a platform that could challenge all the naval ports of Argentina means that politics (correctly, in this case) comes ahead of capability.
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