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  • When Argentina high command decided to start a war in the Falklands, I don't think they even considered that the UK still had this long-range bomber and would use it against them....

  • @Ca1861 I don't think they really considered anything when starting the war to be honest, and it cost them quite a bit!

    It's good to see some support from Americans here...

  • @Atrollin2 I agree. From what I know there were voices in Arg Gov saying dont do this but they were not listened to.

    Even Jeanne Kirpatrick, our UN amb. @ the time, and no friend of England, said later she got impression that Arg Gov didnt really grasp what they had started.

    She told their attaches bluntly that the English were going to defeat them & knew how to win.

    But they did not listen.

    Also, 99% of us were behind you guys all the way. Dont listen to the dirtbags....

  • @Ca1861 But those with even the slightest intelligence were shoved to the back, as it is with any dictatorship. I'm glad that Argentina started the war, destroying them as we did is still a proud moment.

    The US though, was very good to us during the war, which really, we here should be more thankful for.

    I think most people here feel the same way as I do, it's just that we also have a small minority of dirtbags...

  • To depatta, how do you open the bomb bay doors on the iris Vulcan and how do you drop exploding bombs?

  • how do you drop the bombs ?

  • Mission accomplished. Argentina know the mainland is within reach and will be wiped from the map by British nuclear strike.

  • Please change the title of the video. They are the Falkland Islands.

  • How did you get this bombing mission?

    Did you download it?

  • the aircraft is wrong xM597 wasnt used for iron bombing or indeed BLACK BUCK during the falklands

  • @cargoairliner XM597 is a war veteran, it was in BLACK BUCK 5. Although if you want total historic accuracy you might ask for XM607, with different time of day and bombing altitude - the video above was just a tech test, and therefore, a/c serial number, time of day and altitude where not based on any specific BB sortie.

  • @depatta where can i get this sim please? I'd love to try it out

  • @depatta ahh but XM597 only fired that missile i can't remember the name of and it never attacked the actual airfield.

  • "Falklands", that's the only name of the islands. I'm not having any of this 'Malvinas' shit considering it's a word the Argies stole from the French.

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  • The oil in the Falklands is very low quality, expensive additives needed to carry it on quality.

    Do not lie closer to its citizens.

    It is the same as the continent very bad low quality.

    They do not lie.

  • U U U U U U scares me? I'm so scared. They know that in reality gave no pump. Bombings were ineffective in the war. JA: Fearing had to ask for help from your older child to do this. They are cowards and thieves that take the genes from history.

  • @elbuscahuellas Innefective how? They made damn sure the Mirage jets were kept on the mainland to protect that - confirmed after the war by Argentine officials. The point was not just to hit the airfield. It was not lost on the Junta that if a Vulcan could reach Stanley, it could reach Buenos Aries. And they would have no way of knowing whether or not it had 1000lb'ers or something with a little more "oomph" until it got there...

  • @srm79 ah a man of intelligence. Quite right not about putting 21 1000lb bombs on Stanley but more about the distance at which they could be delivered. Some times you have to look at why some military targets are sought and what objective they wish to achieve. On this occasion the aim was to tell Argentina that the main land could be attacked from Ascension the delivery of the bombs was just a bonus.

  • I think thats a bit of RAF PR tbh. It would have been madness to bring a vulcan into the range of land based fighters to attack the mainland. While impressive as a feat of aviation. Tactically, the black buck raid don't make much sense in the cold light of day. All that effort (and fuel) would have better used for something else, like getting more harriers, or choppers in theater. Or 260 Sea Harrier bombing missions over Port Stanley according to Sharky Ward.

  • @chaz01br Well said. The point was to destroy morale any damage was a bonus.

  • A team of air cadets from 1122 (Marmion) Squadron ATC will be cycling 30 miles on the 12th of June, from their squadron HQ to DCAE Cosford in Shropshire to raise money for XH558 - you can help support them here! -

    w w w. justgiving. com / 1122-marmion-squadron-atc

  • @depatta and watt are the software used to build the model?

    And it takes many hours of work to build virtual models?,

    thanks teacher, very good work, Congrat to You and Ariel Cancio

  • very nice the models, you are the developer of the models?

  • @marianodeanquin Thanks, yes I've did this model in particular, and the cockpits, the Sea Harrier and others. Ariel Cancio from Argentina did Mirages, Super Etendard, a lot of warships and will be tasked with the airbases layout.

  • answer= saia90, comingg soon

  • la pista estuvo operable hasta el 14 de junio , dia de la rendicion argentina, nunca pero nunca dejo de estar operable la pista, los argentinos tenian crateres dibujados removibles colocaban de dia en esa pista , hicieron creer que los bombardeos fueron efectivos, horas antes de rendirse argentina despego el ultimo c 130 de ese aeropuerto.

  • Due, we never should have taken the falkland/malvinas! Just search Falklands how close to defeat on youtube and you will see actually how good Argentina were. But we were still better because there is no escaping the fact that we won (It was very close though)

    I would love for us to battle it out again :D I don't know how busy Argentina's schedule is.

  • @alex471996 Get a grip - the fact that a military junta looking to prop up flagging home support decided to send a largely conscript army out to British territory, and then shat themselves after we sailed 8000 miles and took them back, tells you that (a) our troops were better trained and equipped, and (b) the Argies were not that good. Besides, now there is the prospect of oil money down there!

  • @KGBfbiSECUpolitia

    Well thank you for your view on the matter but the simple fact is that you had them, we invaded them and then you decided to retake them and FAILED. You can't call us girls when you lost a war that we should have lost. I am well aware that we should have lost and why we won, it was sheer luck.

    Whom ever the islands belong to, one thing is sure the only thing that will make us budge is military action!

  • @KGBfbiSECUpolitia Look here: More argentinians have HIV than UK citizens... and cou have only about 60% of the population, too. Yeah, very 'clean'... GROW UP. Work on your democracy instead of youtube, as it's only two decades old!

  • @KGBfbiSECUpolitia you commie fuck drop dead you wanker I am a Scot and the Romans couldnt beat us you dago prick

  • @KGBfbiSECUpolitia Learn to speak English, spick

  • @alex471996 They never had them. The Spanish found them, then the French came along and set up camp. We turned up and had a bit of a scrap with the French the Spanish for them. Then the Spanish buggered off, nobody really lived there apart from whalers and fishermen, then we went back and took them back again. Never, ever have they been owned by the Argies. So they weren't retaking them, they were invading someone else's sovereign territory. We have had a bit more practice at war though!

  • @alex471996 Sheer luck... and a CONSCRIPT army versus a professional one (+Navy / RMC +Airforce).

  • ja ja ja llevaron esta porqueria de avion y en MALVINAS no funciono bien , ni hablar si se metian con los RUSOS ...CHAU AVIONES BULCAN ..JA JA

  • ahahha ingleses de mierda fuck england !!!!

  • vuela bajo el dibujo jajajaja

    No mientan mas ingleses ! jajaajaj

    Vamos a volver !

  • And dont play the Britian is an evil imperialist card. When Argentina itself is a result of Spanish imperialism. And dont forget that Argentina shared history with Britiain, infact many of the buildings in Buenos aires are built from Manchester brick and British architecture. Arentina also have many Welsh, Irish, Scottish and English immigrant populations. They were a fascist nation for some years, and they were/are a safe haven for Nazis.

  • @cityflyguy, Well said, well said indeed sir.

  • @cityflyguy "Arentina also have many Welsh, Irish, Scottish and English immigrant populations. " se nota q no sos mas pelotudo xq no te dan cuerda,de donde carancho sakas estos datos putito?

  • The Falkland islands were in existence before Argentina existed as a nation. Buenos aires is as far from the islands as Britain is from Turkey, and they are about 300 miles from the Argentina mainland. The people inhabiting the islands want to remain British and have been British for hundreds of years. Argentina has no right to the islands at all. I hope that there is no war, it resulted in death and injury for both sides. And subsequent mental health problems resulting in many suicides.

  • @cityflyguy "The Falkland islands were in existence before Argentina existed as a nation." obvio que EXISTIAN o akaso pensas q las hizo un tipo o un extraterrestre o un....ingles....?

  • el bulcan ...nunca pudo hacer que " la pista de puerto argentino " dejara de funcionar ....viva ARGENTINA

  • Antecedentes históricos

    Las Islas Malvinas formaron parte del área bajo jurisdicción de España desde la entrada en vigor de los primeros instrumentos internacionales que delimitaron el "Nuevo Mundo" poco después del descubrimiento de 1492. Las Bulas Pontificias y el Tratado de Tordesillas de 1494 constituyen los primeros instrumentos que receptan títulos de España de acuerdo con el derecho internacional de la época.

  • Yes of course a Papal edict splitting the New World between Spain and Portugal carrys real weight in the modern world the same act that effectively gave Japan to Portugal really makes sense .

  • Argentina's military could not win a wAr to save their lives that's why nobody wants to live their. Dumb Argie faggits

  • Argentina belongs to Spain give agentina back to Spain you argie pirates.

  • @NielsShoe Argentina belongs to Madagascar.

  • ja ja ja , nunca LOGRARON que puerto argentino , dejara de funcionar ...ja ja

  • British fag's.. they want war because they are the sons of daddy usa. But dont worry, we will be back for our islands..

    Una injusticia de este tipo se va a pagar con su sangre y con la chilena tambien..

    VAMOS A VOLVER, pero cuando volvamos no vamos a estar bajo una dictadura.

  • ha ha ha ha....Our islands can you see the Union Jack from where you are???? ha ha ha.

  • ha ha ha BRITAIN DOES NOT NEED USA, WE DIDN'T THE FIRST TIME WE SPILT ARGIE PIG BLOOD!!!

  • @bazman85 you won the Falklands War by luck, and that Chileans betrayed us ... but do not worry British fag! we're going back! but this time we will not be under a dictatorship.

    Remember that the enemies have more than you think

  • and seeing you are no longer under a dictatorship you will have to fight by the rules and an attack against the falklands will make you the aggressor and instantly make you lose international support

  • You have more what? You had more troops than us in the first war, you had a huge tactical advantage and you still couldn't beat us, you envy us, you envy the vulcan, thats why your watching this video. FAG

  • @bazman85 Why would we envy the plane that caused the only two fatal civillian casualties? Yeah thats right. Go check the facts. They never were able to destroy the radar nor the strip, and killed 2 inocent kelper women.

  • @pk5887 Check my facts? OK the Vulcan rendered port stanley obsolete for fast jets, they jammed radar and you cowards surrenderd not long after, they did minimal damage, but,....the great Argentine army defeated by ONE British battalion! Argentine casualties 635, British casualties 255,.... 12 978 Argentine prisoners were captured.Now the British Harriers deployed with the task force... These fighters shot down 31 Argentine aircraft with no air-to-air losses themselves. Any more facts you need?

  • @bazman85 Ok we sort of agree regarding the vulcan. Good.

    That aside, i dont like counting casualties. Its necessary but its a very relative thing. Half the argentine deaths were in the sinking of the belgrano. Set that war crime aside and we are almost even. Besides youdont count gurkhas or taiwanese deaths as your own. And regarding air combat. The argentine planes' goal was bombing the fleet, not shooting down fighters. That was the brits aim. War is an assymetrical thing. different aims.

  • @pk5887 Ah the belgrano... well we set an exclusion zone, not my fault if you wern't listening. We didn't count any Gurkha deaths either because you all ran away from them, not one Gurkha died in battle in the Falklands :)

  • @bazman85 Exclusion zone or not my point still stands.

  • @pk5887 Well,.....use your brain, did you think we would let the belgrano dock at the islands? Really?If you had just asked for the islands back some sort of agreement would probably have been drawn up like in other areas of the empire, but no.Your point stands for nothing, this was not a game of cricket with rules, it was a war. No shame in losing to the UK anyway, your not the first ;)

  • @pk5887

    How can the sinking of a warship possibly be a war crime? You might want to look up the definition of a war crime.

    As for Gurkha deaths, there was none- they never got a chance to see any action. I believe 9 of them were wounded though.

  • @ronch0 by luck ? we kicked you ass. You lot could not win a whore in a brothel.

  • Well is'nt that what you do in a war????

  • How many Argies did you get more to the point :-) always ours and always be Falklands

  • Malvinas are Argentina's!

  • They are British, along with the billions of barrels of oil that have been found... gutted

  • The 21, 1000 lb bombs were dropped 2 miles from target at the optimum 30 degree angle, with the first one producing an 80ft wide crater. The airfield was still used by supply planes but not by fighter jets. It was a symbolic attack to let the Argies know they were not out of reach and subsequently destroyed the conscrips morale. Read "Vulcan 607" by Rowland white... awesome achievement.

  • The runway wasn't being used by fighter jets in the first place - it wasn't long enough.

    And it didn't just take a Vulcan to let the Argies know they were in range, the Navy were regularly bombing and shelling the airfield throughout much of the war

  • You're doing it wrong lol. The bombs should be dropped from 16000 feet at a rate of 4 per second

  • sorry but the Malvinas are Argentina on the platform as ours territorially you British are pirates and thieves

  • para las personas q no saben ingles les dije a los ingleses "perdon pero las islas malvinas estan en la plataforma continental argentina ustedes son unos poratas y ladornes "

  • Wrong the people of the Falklands are British. It was part of our empire and we intend to hold onto it. Don't be so sour because you lost

  • Nice, but I preffer the XH558, 698 and XM597 weren't in the cold war, were they?

  • Why didn't we bomb the runway longways instead of sideways?

  • Its more accurate to go in at a 45 degree angle and "cut" the runway in half.

  • But the runway was only clipped by a bomb, the Argies still used it.

  • los bulcan , nunca pudieron lograr su objetivo de destruir , la pista de puerto argentino . ( siempre seguia en funcionamiento )

  • malvinas dont exsist its the Falklands which was first populated by british then Argentina invaded it when it stole its mainland from Spain. Uk has taken back the Falklands twice from invaders but Argentine teachers only teach properganda history.

  • chupenme todos la pija aguante messi!!!

  • That's the 698, is true that the XH558 flew in October 2007 up to now?

  • It`s FS2004?

  • It is Jet Thunder, a new FS

  • Yes, one bomb clipped the side of the runway and Argies tried to repair it but the foundations were badly cracked and Argentina couldn't land their heavy transporters on it for the rest of the war. I did hear they made a fake crater out of mud in the middle of the runway for the benefit of the British spy planes and then removed it when landing their own planes. If anyone else has heard this story I'd love to know if it's true.

  • this is true

  • I have heard that also, I just cannot remembr which book it was. I think "Air War South Atlantic". The effort it took to fly those missions was enormous but it forced Argentine HQ to include the possible bombing of their mainland in the things they had to try & be ready for. Personally I think if UK had actually bombed mainland Argentina the war, and the death on both sides, would have become much bigger. I think others would have become involved.

  • AlasdairGreig - Why you hate us a lot? That war was in 1982, now Argentina and Britain don't have problems...

    PD: The avro vulcan isn't in the RAF today?

  • pancho133,

    No, the Vulcan was retired from service years ago, not long after the Falklands I think

  • i don't hate the argentines a lot, i was merely stating why the falklands will not belong to argentina

  • Malvinas is not property of UK. At last, it's belong to Malvinas's people.-

  • I know that the 'Malvinas' has its own government, but it is still a British overseas territory.

  • Well, I think argentine and british people will never be agree abuot Malvinas...Anyway, I hope our both countries wont be in war never again. The only reason to against each other than I can take is playing soccer games! ;)

  • Well said, but there is always be an england...oppressing others

  • yes, it does belong to the inhabitants of the Falklands, who think of themselves as BRITISH!!!

  • Fuk u argentines there is no possible way that the falklands are yours - you tried and failed miserably u twats

  • OK, I only say that islands belong us..Argentine Falklands!

  • Repeat it as many times as you like. Still ours

  • and that is based on what? you tool.

  • Its based on the fact we sailed down the south Atlantic and took it back in 73 days. "You tool"

  • sorry buddy, my comment was for the people (tanito) who think the Falklands belong to the argentians. I totally agree with you Chapmasi :)

  • hehehe

  • and who established the first colony on the Falklands....oh yeah, the British, so technically they're ours. We've beaten you once to keep them, so don't try to take them back by force again, as yet again, you'll lose

  • Malvinas por siempre Argentinas!!!! britanicos estais locos! malditos locos piratas!!

  • What do you mean british people could not win this war? British people did win it! what you are saying makes no sense at all and the Falkland Islands are British. They live under British law and they pay British taxesand it will remain that way for as long as Britain exists. The only way you will take the falklands from us is if you invade and conqour the mainland failing that the islands will never be yours.

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  • pancho I wrote in english to enable our friends to undesrtand it ! I travelled in south america on the war beginning and I was completely puzzled with the cultural and political analphabetism ! some friends asked me, as european, which was my opinion, indeed very simple : y dont hv the slightest idea with which kind of people y enter on colision ! yr arguments are pathetic and the result confirms it : argentina was destroyed on psycological point of view, and has never recovered !

  • We gave the dirty Argies a kicking for trying to steal our islands.

    Lets face it, their pathetic attempt to capture them was only done to divert attention away from their problems at home at the time.

  • Were a bunch of miserable wet islands in the arse end of the Atlantic with nothing but a few farmers, penquins, seagulls and sheep worth the lives of 900 young Argentinian and British soldiers, sailors and airmen?

    A lot of brave men died there but was it really worth it?

  • If you are serving in the Majesty's armed forces it is your duty to defend the British Empire. As the Falkland IIlse are part of Britain Margerat Thatcher saw it fit to defend it and return it to British hands. People don't sign up to serve without understanding the consequences first.

  • Quote 'Several more Black Buck missions were flown against the Argentine radars on the islands. Black Buck 2 was a repeat of Black Buck 1 but had less success, with the bombs missing the runway. Black Bucks 3 and 4 were cancelled because of problems with refuelling." The airfield of Stanley was used all the way to the end of the war, this airplanes did not cause any damaged to the airfield.

  • Black Buck 2 was never intended to hit the runway, it targeted attempts to extend the runway with steel matting. Thanks for the stocks of steel matting btw, came in very handy after the war.

    Black Buck 1 was intended to put a stick of bombs across the runway in a 35° cut. It was expected that 1 possibly 2 bombs would hit. It was to deny the use of fast jets, the RAF knew that C-130 would continue to use it.

  • and only one of the 21 bombs dropped on Black Buck 1 hit the runway, right in the middle and created a large crater which the Argies couldn't repair

  • The bomb didn't land right in the middle - it only just clipped the runway (I've seen a post-strike recce photo, before you ask). And I think it was repaired within 24 hours.

  • re: comment about captured flags.

    Argentina keep your captured english flags we will keep th falklands end of the day it was ENGLAND 1 Argentina 0 anytime you fancy a rematch we would be well up for it!

  • Ships destroyed, please take back your junk back to londonistan

    Destructor tipo 42 clase Sheffield (D-80) HMS Sheffield

    Destructor tipo 42 clase Sheffield (D-118) HMS Coventry

    Fragata tipo 21 clase Amazon (F-184) HMS Ardent

    Fragata tipo 21 clase Amazon (F-170) HMS Antelope

    Buque logístico de desembarco (L-3005) RFA Sir Galahad

    Buque logístico de desembarco (L-3505) RFA Sir Tristam

    Portacontenedor de gran porte Atlantic Conveyor

    Lancha de desembarco Foxtrot 4

    MALVINAS ARGENTINAS

  • the only statistic that counts is, Great Britain 1- argentina 0, also the body count, you lost more. an army of cowards and conscripts didn't stand a chance, even if they were superior in numbers and fighting from prepared defensive positions on their doorstep, against a smaller force 7000 miles from home with limited air cover, argentines are greasy cowards,

  • BBC "A second, better-resourced invasion followed in May 1807, under Lieutenant-General John Whitelock, attacking Buenos Aires in July. After a couple of days of intense street fighting, the British surrendered to an army it had considered no more than a rabble.

    After losing more than half his force, the British signed a ceasefire on 7 July and left for home, where Whitelock was court-martialled and discharged."

    We defeated England 1806/1807/1845/ and april-2-1982 ,the counts is 4 to 1

  • very good, but the union jack still and always will fly over the Falklands,

  • They say that many times before, we have a whole collection of your captured flags in our museum.

  • something to remind you of the few days that you were in control of the island, we on the other hand have museums full of your captured planes, anti aircraft guns, small arms and numerous vehicles, plus the islands of course, still flags are better than nothing!

  • I am very happy that you keep those guns in your museums, that will remind you that with those prehistoric guns we sunk 8 of your best ships which are to large and in the botton of our ocean to keep in any museums.MALVINA ARGENTINAS!!!

  • I would not say exocet is a prehistoric weapon something the British navy knew all about and feared. 3 of of the 5 Exocets where used to destroy 2 ships something any navy in the world would be hard pressed to defend against at the time.

    The British task force were preserving freedom for British people which had been taken away.

  • England does not care about captured flags??? read this quote from Wikipedia "On this first invasion, the 71st Regiment of Foot lost two flags during the combat, which are currently held in Argentina. On the second invasion, there was a frustrated attempt to recover both flags. They were retaken by the Buenos Aires militia and returned to the Santo Domingo convent. Another two banners from the British Royal Navy are also held in the convent."

    Really?

  • your flags aren't worth keeping

  • "4:1" 1806 you forget the people initially welcomed the British.

    1845 Battle of Vuelta de Obligado

    Argentine losses: 250 killed, 400 wounded, 1 warship lost, 21 cannons lost

    Anglo-French losses: 28 killed, 95 wounded

    Argentine defences breached and the fleet proceeded upstream. But because the British and French couldn't be arsed to keep trouncing the Argentine defences you claim it as a victory.

    1982, the only battle that actually counts is the last one.

    War is not a score chart you idiot.

  • Quote "Historians believe that the French and British forces intervened in the region to ensure free navigation along the Rio Parana and Rio Uruguay. However, in 1850, both the French and British withdrew after signing a treaty that represented a triumph for Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina.[2]"

  • Triumph? After a convincing a total defeat. Oh yeah?

  • I do not write history only I read it, I know ,sometimes is difficult to digest.

  • And history is often distorted by narrow national interests for domestic consumption. A better picture is usually achieved by considering both sides.  Sadly something your countrymen are rarely prepared to do.

  • The sad thing is for us it was a tiny tiny skirmish yet for you it has taken on a significance the size of Waterloo. If we seriously wanted your pissy little shit hole of a country we would take it.

  • RFA Sir Tristam was not destroyed but abandoned and later rebuilt and served in the gulf war. Only 6 ships lost in total.

  • Yeah but they have to inflate the numbers to satisfy their ego. Sad isn't it?

  • esta guerra nunca termino, ni va a terminar hasta que argentina vuelva a malvinas o tenga la soberania sobre estas tierras nuevamente, desarmaron nuestra FFAA por que se dieron cuenta de lo que era este pais de el 3er mundo que hundio sus novedosos barcos de guerra.. y golpeo a su "Invensible.." Argentina..

  • GURKAS PUTOS

  • ummmm yeah you just blow up your airfield, I mean??...why blow it when you can take it back in tact...since you have naval support you don't think you can just use paratroopers to cease the airfield and then once captured fly in more troops by C-130....??? or if that don't work paratroopers you can assault with Royal Marines and armored force to land on what look like beaches??...ummmm??? or maybe you can use both in a combined attack.

    :-D just messin but if it was that type of game I'd do that

  • This was a recreation of a real raid that was really nothing more than a psyops mission to show the Argentinians that the British were willing and able to send bombers all the way from the UK if necessary. The raid didn't do any major damage but it did more to effect the confidence and morale of the Argentinians. The distance to the islands from the nearest UK airstrip would have made it extremely difficult to reach with a C-130 and troops (the Hercules has to dive to keep up with a Victor!)

  • I can admire that feet of achievement of the Brits and all of her majasty's armed forces for going all the way to the Falklands to take back what was there own from what looked on paper a numerical Argentine military on there own turf. Goes to show that the British still got it even when times were hard in UK in the 1980's.

    cheers dude

  • It wasn't psyops, the mission was to destroy the landing strip, in fact John Nott said that very day (01 May) to the international media that the landing strip was destroyed. Galtieri responded, in a hurry, that the landing strip was still operational, the Stanley commander, pissed of, responded to him that it was better to give the british misinformation The destruction of Stanley landing strip was one of the bigest failures of the task force in the entire conflict. They were unable to touch it

  • What I meant was that the operation succeeded in demoralising the Argentinians than it achieved militarily. It took an enormous effort to put the operation together and the result was only one bomb actually hitting the strip. But all the same British troops stationed off the coast said that the raid made them feel more confident that the British had a powerful force and showed the Argentinians that they could hit targets anywhere, forcing them to keep assets back to defend the mainland.

  • No they said they'd hit it with a single bomb and produced aerial reconnaissance photos to back it up. The planning for the mission called for a 35° cut across the runway, with the aim of 1possibly 2 hits. There was never any intention to destroy it, the mission was to deny its use to fast jets. And the British were fully aware C-130 would be able to use the runway.

  • Air Power Doctrine, which you can download from the MoD website, sets this out. Its very difficult to close a runway through bombing, though LGB make it easier. The impact of air attack has a minimal impact. There is a lot of misinformation out about the Black Buck missions. Their intention was to deny not destroy, the airfield would be needed after the war.

  • Um yeah...when you say "They were unable to touch it" do you mean apart from the 1000 pound bomb that left a crater 84 feet deep? The crater that although quickly filled in continued to subside and ended any chances of flying fast jets from the airstrip? The crater that meant only the C130s (designed for rough landings) could use the strip and it almost caused the loss of one of them? In other words a total (and well documented by both British and Argentinian witnesses) success!

  • But of course that's just the material damage. This raid convinced the Argentines that the British landing was about to commence so they sent their ships, including the General Belgrano to engage the Royal Navy. After the Belgrano was sunk the Argentine Navy stayed away while the fighter jets that could have affected the war were posted to defend Buenos Aires from a possible Vulcan attack. So this single raid affected the entire outcome of the war.

  • how do u drop the bombs

  • Falklands British! always were, always will be!

    ex- 7SU Byron Heights, West Falklands!

    "The Byron Boys are, on the piss again!"

  • I have no obligation to write in Eng, so yo continuaré escribiendo en castellano. Las Malvinas son argentinas porque fueron tierras que pertenecía a España, y antes que España eran de Francia (por eso el nombre Malvinas), Francia tras una disputa cede las tierras a España (UK aceptó tal situación), luego cuando se independiza Arg. estas islas pasan a la soberanía Argentina, hasta que en 1833 fueron invadidas por el Reino Unido.

  • A simple example. Argentina claims that Britain expelled the settlers in 1833 replacing them with British settlers. Except that is a blatant lie, not only were they not expelled but were encouraged to stay. Britain didn't send settlers till 1841.

    The Falklands are British and Gibraltar is British simply because that is the clearly expressed desire of the inhabitants, it is guaranteed by Article 73 of the UN Charter and illogical irredentist claims will never change that.

  • What have Mrs Spock and the Argies got in common?

    They have both been Fucked by a Vulcan

  • The only way The Falklands will be SON ARGENTINAS is via the good offices of Google Earth ,its good but dont beat feet on the ground LOL

    Falklands British

  • england in no way supports the people of the islas malvinas. EVER. only wanted it so they can brag and say they got alot of land