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Old 14th Nov 2015, 09:44
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Thomas coupling
 
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Rhino and Pr o on.

Pray tell me the real answer then?

In the meantime, I'll disclose my source, who is a military pilot based down there FULL TIME. He tells me that on PERMANENT alert:

Four Typhoons (PS: One is permanently undergoing maintenance at any one time).
500 fighting troops and around the same again as admin/engineering/HQ and logistics.

They have one decent warship down there and two SAR helos.

Oooops look at this:

Britain's military defences in the Falkland Islands - Telegraph

Where exactly have I been misleading anyone, then?

(PS: occasionally the odd deployment gets sent down there for a couple of weeks at a time, but they don't stay down there).
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