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Which radar was it just up the hill, SW from the control tower? Westinghouse? I remember being told the that an American took just one printed circuit card with him before our boys arrived. We were told he was from the manufacturers and the loss of that one card was enough to make the radar useless.
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Sold to Pakistan apparently, One of the 2 radars captured in June 1982 was got operational in some form as a friend of mine from my first operational tour got an AOC's commendation for fixing it. The one he got working was the Army Cardion TPS-44. The TPS-43 was quite heavily sabotaged and Westinghouse wouldn't do a support contract until the British got it out of the South Atlantic. Both of the Captured radars were returned to the UK in early 1983 (I happened to met the guy who set up their transport to the UK a few years back and he told me some of the bun fights he had with the CBFFI staff at the time trying to get the kit back to the UK). I do have some photos of from the files at the UK national archives somewhere which do record what the original plans for setting FIADGE up were but can not locate them at the minute. S-259 was down there by the time the war finished, followed by an S-600.at the end of the year.
The Air Force radar was further in town, located towards the end of Dairy Paddock Road for the entirety of the conflict, close to the junction of what is now the Stanley bypass. It was damaged in the early hours of 31st May by the BB 5 sortie.
A huge amount of the Argentine Archive has now been published online and it's been interesting trawling through the information regarding the radars and CIC in Stanley.
1066. - Oh heavens, I had forgotten about the ‘concertinas’ - I also remember the story about the ill- fated inspection made about an hour after the crew got to bed after the return flight. I guess it all started to go wrong when they started making little mini-roundabouts and painting rocks white in the vicinity of the Admin kingdom at ASI.
Random memories:
Sleeping on a garage floor in Two Boats.
Piles of rifles and helmets in Stanley.
Those nylon sheets at the Upland Goose.
Going for a yomp and finishing up in a minefield.
Sundowners at the Exiles Club.
Pen-pal letters from young ‘ladies’ courtesy of The Sun.
Little yellow tablets !
Getting very drunk on the Rangetera ( sp ? )
Random memories:
Sleeping on a garage floor in Two Boats.
Piles of rifles and helmets in Stanley.
Those nylon sheets at the Upland Goose.
Going for a yomp and finishing up in a minefield.
Sundowners at the Exiles Club.
Pen-pal letters from young ‘ladies’ courtesy of The Sun.
Little yellow tablets !
Getting very drunk on the Rangetera ( sp ? )
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Did I hear properly the other day (Wed- Now) that the RN are removing their presence from the Falklands?
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/18...lkland-Islands
Useless article from the people who brought you a picture of a battleship instead on an SSBN this week
just telling people that its been 8 years since a "major" warship visited the FI and it's all left to a small patrol boat and 4 Typhoons
Not exactly news
Useless article from the people who brought you a picture of a battleship instead on an SSBN this week
just telling people that its been 8 years since a "major" warship visited the FI and it's all left to a small patrol boat and 4 Typhoons
Not exactly news
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Been like that for years - the Patrol boat (s) are fine Have you ever looked at the Armada Argentina?
"It remained to be determined how the several envisaged new-acquisition projects would be funded. For instance, the proposed submarine acquisition from Brazil would require extensive refurbishment of the vessels prior to being ready for renewed operational service with the Argentine Navy.[51]As of the end of 2022, the mooted submarine deal with Brazil had not yet been finalised and the process of refurbishment not yet begun. In 2021, one analyst noted that over the past thirty years the Argentine navy has lost many core capabilities, including its aircraft carrier (along with most of its fixed-wing combat aviation), submarines and area air defence vessels. Most of these seemed unlikely to be reconstituted."
They have 4 modern French Gowind patrol boats - otherwise its a very sad sight
"It remained to be determined how the several envisaged new-acquisition projects would be funded. For instance, the proposed submarine acquisition from Brazil would require extensive refurbishment of the vessels prior to being ready for renewed operational service with the Argentine Navy.[51]As of the end of 2022, the mooted submarine deal with Brazil had not yet been finalised and the process of refurbishment not yet begun. In 2021, one analyst noted that over the past thirty years the Argentine navy has lost many core capabilities, including its aircraft carrier (along with most of its fixed-wing combat aviation), submarines and area air defence vessels. Most of these seemed unlikely to be reconstituted."
They have 4 modern French Gowind patrol boats - otherwise its a very sad sight
