The Royal Navy's most sophisticated warship is being sent to the South Atlantic in a move that will send a powerful message to Argentina. Dauntless will set sail for the Falkland Islands in the coming weeks armed with a battery of missiles that could "take out all of South America's fighter aircraft let alone Argentina's," according to one Navy source.
The Type 45 destroyer is the most advanced anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic ship in the world equipped with 48 Sea Viper missiles and the Sampson radar, which is more advanced than Heathrow air traffic control.
The ship is in a league of its own in air defence able to track dozens of multiple targets.
"It can shoot down Argentine fighters as soon as they take off from they bases," said another Navy source. "This will give Buenos Aires serious pause for thought."
The deployment, expected in late March, comes as Argentina has stepped up its sabre rattling over possession of the islands with a ban on all Falkland registered ships in South American ports.
#2
I do not think that O will share sat intelligence with the Brits like Reagan did.
I would also guess that there are British submarines HMS Conqueror already about, but without fanfare. The Argentinians better think long and hard about another Falklands adventure. The loss of ARA General Belgrano could happen again.
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#3
The Argentinians no longer have the capability to invade. They are following the Iranian option - all mouth. Besides, with cruise missiles in Brit subs, all of Argentina can be blacked out in an hour.
#5
This has got to be so tempting to the Argentinan leadership.Reminds me of historical grand ships. HMS Hood comes to mind. Pride and glory. With Russian or China's help things could get ugly. I think Argentina will bide its time. Naval mines could cause a pause.Like Iran's Strait of Hormuz.
#8
Mining around the Falklands would be a mother bear to do; mining the major ports of Argentina, not so much. Besides which, the British have a version of CAPTOR and they can be dropped off a few miles from the Argentinian naval bases, pre-programmed to launch at their assigned targets from an ELF signal.
#9
The Brits don't have to mine Argentine waters. They just have to say they did. Better yet, they just have to say that HMS Conqueror carries mines and recently slipped into and out of the harbor in Bueno Aires, and let the world shipping community draw its own conclusions.
This is all blustering by the Argies. Kirchner must really be in trouble at home.
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It will indeed be interesting to see how Obama comes down on this one
Obama hates the Brits. Ironic considering the support of the Brit chattering classes before the election.
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>Ironic considering the support of the Brit chattering classes before the election.
#14
"Cheaper to fund a world class golf course on the island. It'll get O's attention, along with in open invite."
Pk2 wins the thread! :-D
"Why? They hate Britain too."
Sadly, too true, BP. My condolences. :-(
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Lest we fergit, CHINESE DAILY FORUM > "UK CANNOT CONFRONT ARGENTINA".
UK Army General SIR MICHAEL JACKSON = Iff any new Falklands war does break out, THE UK COULD BE IN SERIOUS, EVEN CATASTROPHIC, TROUBLE IFF THE ARGIES EVER SUCCESSFULLY PENETRATE BRIT DEFENSES + OCCUPY THE FALKLANDS AGAIN, AS THE UK MAY NOT THE MIL OR ECON ABILITY TO RECOVER THE ISLANDS FROM ARGIE CONQUEST???
#16
Given the present sttae of ARgentia's armed forces, Buenos Aire's likely advantages oer the UK will stem from ...
> The UK = GREECE, ETC. IN 3-5 YEARS = by 2015?
> Scottish national referendum on independence from London.
> Sinn Fein's new support for Northern Ireland independence from London.
> ISLAMIC DOMINANCE OF THE BRIC = aka BRAZIL = sub-aka MERCUSOR BLOC = i.e. ISLAMIC $$$ IN SUPPORT OF ARGENTINA'S CAUSE VEE UK IN RETURN FOR ARGENTINA'S + MERSUSOR BLOC SUPPORT IN SETTING UP ISLAM IN SOUTH AMERICA.
* MAHA-RUSHIAN HISTOIRE' = The greatest Islamic weapon in the historical Islamic struggle agz the JudeoChristian/Christian nations has been the JudeoChristians/Christians themselves.
* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Guardian.UK] RICHARD GOTT: ARGENTINA'S CLAIM ON FALKLANDS IS STILL A GOOD ONE.
Argentina = can do an "Iran" + simply wait for normal International Geopolitics + Special Interests, etc. to take its toll on the militarily-superior UK = USA???
A theater in east London is staging new play "Guantanamo Boy" this week. The production, based on a 2009 novel of the same name, opens on Tuesday at Stratford Circus, located in an area with a large Muslim population.
Director Dominic Hingorani said, "Stratford wanted to start making emotionally challenging theatre for a teenage audience and we are in east London with a lot of Asian resonance. It (Guantanamo Bay) obviously has a lot of resonance with people here."
Hingorani said his adaptation of the novel looked at Guantanamo through the eyes of a Muslim teenager from Britain who is detained during a family visit to Pakistan because he is suspected of being a terrorist.
Although fictional, the novel was inspired by the incarceration of teenagers like Mohammed El Gharani, released in 2009 after more than seven years in captivity, including at Guantanamo.
"We are reimagining this experience through a teenagers' eyes. It was very important to keep an eye on the fact that we are taking the audience with us in order that they can engage." Hingorani said.
"I am trying to give the audience an experience that is unsettling and intense and to some degree a sense of how violent and upsetting that environment must be," he explained.
"Whatever your politics, we are talking about human rights and the consequences of human rights being expendable," Hingorani added.
#3
He was a sharia boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's jihadi man
Slammin on his head
Says your pretty face needs a cloak.
He was a sharia boy
She said see ya later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a convict
Slammin on his pelvic
Does your pretty face see what he's worth?
#6
"I am trying to give the audience an experience that is unsettling and intense and to some degree a sense of how violent and upsetting that environment must be," he explained.
Inciting the yoots to retaliatory violence, then. Thanks, asshole.
"Whatever your politics, we are talking about human rights and the consequences of human rights being expendable," Hingorani added.
Huh? Expendable consequences? That statement doesn't make any sense. Must be using the Progressive Truth Generator.
#7
"Stratford wanted to start making emotionally challenging theatre for a teenage audience and we are in east London with a lot of Asian resonance. It (Guantanamo Bay) obviously has a lot of resonance with people here."
Oh, I get it. The director thinks he's found a way to sell some tickets. The man's a whore.
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