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Falklands defence review after military deal between Russia and Argentina

Old 30th Dec 2014, 04:00
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A lot of the issues with regards to the Falklands would go away if you just made sure it was included as part of the UK in NATO. I think I got that right, NATO doesn't get involved or something along those lines??? Obviously a bit harder in practice (dam politics), but it would mean Argentina wouldn't bother militarily anymore.
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A lot of the issues with regards to the Falklands would go away if you just made sure it was included as part of the UK in NATO. I think I got that right, NATO doesn't get involved or something along those lines??? Obviously a bit harder in practice (dam politics), but it would mean Argentina wouldn't bother militarily anymore.
Then what happens to NATO when Turkey includes northern Cyprus?
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Story was posted on the Argentine equivalent of April 1st!
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Old 30th Dec 2014, 07:52
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The Argentines invaded on our equivalent of April 1st!! (at least, that was the plan).

I see a lot of Argentine posters on the interweb saying this Su-24 story was all a hoax, but I don't buy it. What's 'funny' about getting Su-24s? Where's the 'joke'? If the story was that they are getting Tu-95s, then ok, ha ha, but Su-24s? It's unlikely but not so incredible.
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Then what happens to NATO when Turkey includes northern Cyprus?
You can hardly compare Cyprus with the Falklands, well I guess you could, but its a p!ss poor comparison. Just how long has the Falklands belonged to the UK, just how many people their define themselves as such? I think self determination would apply there.
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How many people in northern Cyprus define themselves as Turkish? Can go around the houses all day with this one...
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A lot of the issues with regards to the Falklands would go away if you just made sure it was included as part of the UK in NATO. I think I got that right, NATO doesn't get involved or something along those lines??? Obviously a bit harder in practice (dam politics), but it would mean Argentina wouldn't bother militarily anymore.
When the North Atlantic Treaty was agreed in 1949, UK and France, inter alia, had considerable number of Colonial possessions, that would have impossible to have protected under NATO. Moreover, the US was virulently anti-colonial and it would have been very unlikely that they would have gone to the direct aid of a NATO member in a Colony; Indo-China/Vietnam (5 years later) notwithstanding.
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How many people in northern Cyprus define themselves as Turkish
Not many I suspect given the Turkish armed forces conscription policy

Also, isn't Northern Cyprus becoming the bolt hole of choice for those from the EU who have been 'naughty' and seeking to avoid extradition?
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If you are a conscript in Turkey, expect to spend a fair amount of your time in the unrecognised Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
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Just been looking at WW post #13. You would be right to be concerned if these items came as part of the package. Especially if they are fully functional and ready to go.
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Su 24 Fencer combat radius lo lo lo 350 miles, but on the other side, an SSN with cruise missiles for retaliation, maybe no airfield to return home to.

I suspect that discrete words would be had via contact through back doors at the UN as happened during GW 1 between James Baker and Tariq Aziz. about the use of CBW.
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It would have to be one hell of a persistent agent to be of any use in FI.
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It's in relation to the threat that Iraq potentially posed during GW1 with having used CW during the attack on Halabja using Sarin and ?Mustard. The Americans from what I have read were basically saying use CW and Baghdad becomes glass.
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Baghdad glazed

I believe that Maggie (RIP) made it quite clear that nuclear weapons were an option if UK Forces were attacked with chemical or biological weapons
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Old 30th Dec 2014, 22:26
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Our American cousins said the same thing.

In GW1, the only reason we went SCUD hunting was that a) Iraq started firing SCUDs at Israel, b) the Israeli air force were up and ready to attack with conventional weapons but were quite prepared to invoke their Samson Option and had uploaded 'cough cough' nuclear weapons if any CBRN material hit Israel.

Schwartzkopf in GW 1 was not an advocate of special forces due to previous experience was persuaded or even had his arm twisted by the UK force commander Peter de la Balliere to use special forces in the western deserts of Iraq. This let loose British SAS (back to their original roots in the desert) and British SBS, US Delta and Seal teams to go SCUD and communication site hunting.
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Surely Sir John Major was PM in 1990? So how would Maggie have directed the use of buckets of sunshine during GW1 in 1990/91?

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Old 31st Dec 2014, 04:51
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But its the Argentine special forces that would be the concern. If they managed to get ashore and disabled what we have, could make things very interesting.
Argentinian special forces might do some damage on land but they would have their work cut out to disable the RN ships and their AA weaponry, I would have thought?
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Old 31st Dec 2014, 06:57
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Leon it is clear that Anglian is talking about 1982 and the Falklands conflict!
Not the'90s and GW1!
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Thatcher resigned in Nov 1990, admittedly not during the shooting bit but certainly during the crisis. No doubt she had a strong opinion on these things.
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