Britain to ‘Beef Up’ Defense of Disputed Falkland Islands

" Behind closed doors " :rolleyes:

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Whatever goes down, UK's not giving up Falklands.

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... and what goes down is the silent service. As long as the RN retains their nuclear powered subs, the Argies are powerless ...

Subs, satellites and ships.

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Originally Posted by JayZee

As long as the RN retains their nuclear powered subs

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Hardly a credible threat when the nuclear weapons are held by a democratically accountable western power that would not be able to use them under any circumstances, as their adversaries well know.

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Originally Posted by Looper

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Originally Posted by JayZee

As long as the RN retains their nuclear powered subs

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Hardly a credible threat when the nuclear weapons are held by a democratically accountable western power that would not be able to use them under any circumstances, as their adversaries well know.

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Powered, not armed.

Knowing that one or more nuke attack subs are possibly on patrol is a great deterrent to a weak naval invasion.

Yes, remember.....

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We will never forget

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