Falklands War 201X ?

[Phil Brooks]

But they will be invaded. From what I remember, the RAF has a few Tornado F3s there. Can't say they can hold their own tbh. The Harriers could due to what they could do and there was a lot of them on the old Ark Royal and Invincible. Stanley would be first hit. The harriers were the key in the falklands war.

[Frank.]

But they will be invaded. From what I remember, the RAF has a few Tornado F3s there. Can't say they can hold their own tbh. The Harriers could due to what they could do and there was a lot of them on the old Ark Royal and Invincible. Stanley would be first hit. The harriers were the key in the falklands war.

Yeah i hear that, would be one big f*ck*ng rucus though with the 1200 ground based troops we have there. c/s the importance of the harriers last time though.

[VENOM]

Hopefully its just the argies puffing their chests out, even though there militarys barely changed since 1982, were in a pretty sh*t state to so it could go either way.

All Argentina can do is puff out it's chest.

Modernisation plans have been pushed back 15 years to 2015 due to the economic slump, which has led to a cut in expenditure, meaning cancelling all the new programmes and most of their funding is going towards paying wages rather than purchasing any new hardware.

They got battered in the 80's and would get battered again. They can't afford it and they don't want it with the Eurofighter Typhoons that strutted their stuff today.

Yeh true say they dont want it with them bad boys, big obvious advantage they have is the re-supply element of logistics/man power. But yeah thinking about it will just be another smashing.

They can't use the Eurofighter over there, it is a land based aircraft. All they will have is the Harrier GR mk7, which is only good for bombing and some close combat. They retired their Sea Harriers, which are air defence fighters. In a few years time the Royal Navy will have the F-35 and then they can kick Argentine's arse (stealth, VSTOL, super sonic).

hi justin. dumb c*nt

u still studying "aeronautical engineering" at whsmith innit?

[Phil Brooks]

Hopefully its just the argies puffing their chests out, even though there militarys barely changed since 1982, were in a pretty sh*t state to so it could go either way.

All Argentina can do is puff out it's chest.

Modernisation plans have been pushed back 15 years to 2015 due to the economic slump, which has led to a cut in expenditure, meaning cancelling all the new programmes and most of their funding is going towards paying wages rather than purchasing any new hardware.

They got battered in the 80's and would get battered again. They can't afford it and they don't want it with the Eurofighter Typhoons that strutted their stuff today.

Yeh true say they dont want it with them bad boys, big obvious advantage they have is the re-supply element of logistics/man power. But yeah thinking about it will just be another smashing.

They can't use the Eurofighter over there, it is a land based aircraft. All they will have is the Harrier GR mk7, which is only good for bombing and some close combat. They retired their Sea Harriers, which are air defence fighters. In a few years time the Royal Navy will have the F-35 and then they can kick Argentine's arse (stealth, VSTOL, super sonic).

hi justin. dumb c*nt

u still studying "aeronautical engineering" at whsmith innit?

http://www.anger-counselling.co.uk/anger.htm?gclid=CKiNo8GN_Z8CFVpb4wodX21qjw

[Colin Turnover]

Hopefully its just the argies puffing their chests out, even though there militarys barely changed since 1982, were in a pretty sh*t state to so it could go either way.

All Argentina can do is puff out it's chest.

Modernisation plans have been pushed back 15 years to 2015 due to the economic slump, which has led to a cut in expenditure, meaning cancelling all the new programmes and most of their funding is going towards paying wages rather than purchasing any new hardware.

They got battered in the 80's and would get battered again. They can't afford it and they don't want it with the Eurofighter Typhoons that strutted their stuff today.

Yeh true say they dont want it with them bad boys, big obvious advantage they have is the re-supply element of logistics/man power. But yeah thinking about it will just be another smashing.

They can't use the Eurofighter over there, it is a land based aircraft. All they will have is the Harrier GR mk7, which is only good for bombing and some close combat. They retired their Sea Harriers, which are air defence fighters. In a few years time the Royal Navy will have the F-35 and then they can kick Argentine's arse (stealth, VSTOL, super sonic).

I beg to differ.

You are aware that four Typhoon's left the UK for the Falklands in September right?

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They've already replaced the Tornados with them.

Keep up sir, this is serious business!

[Phil Brooks]

Hopefully its just the argies puffing their chests out, even though there militarys barely changed since 1982, were in a pretty sh*t state to so it could go either way.

All Argentina can do is puff out it's chest.

Modernisation plans have been pushed back 15 years to 2015 due to the economic slump, which has led to a cut in expenditure, meaning cancelling all the new programmes and most of their funding is going towards paying wages rather than purchasing any new hardware.

They got battered in the 80's and would get battered again. They can't afford it and they don't want it with the Eurofighter Typhoons that strutted their stuff today.

Yeh true say they dont want it with them bad boys, big obvious advantage they have is the re-supply element of logistics/man power. But yeah thinking about it will just be another smashing.

They can't use the Eurofighter over there, it is a land based aircraft. All they will have is the Harrier GR mk7, which is only good for bombing and some close combat. They retired their Sea Harriers, which are air defence fighters. In a few years time the Royal Navy will have the F-35 and then they can kick Argentine's arse (stealth, VSTOL, super sonic).

I beg to differ.

You are aware that four Typhoon's left the UK for the Falklands in September right?

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They've already replaced the Tornados with them.

Keep up sir, this is serious business!

Ok, they are in Stanley. I agree, they can take out the aircraft that the argentine air force has with ease. Mirage 5s, Mirage 3s, A-4s and them Isreali bootlegs of mirage 3s do not want.

[Colin Turnover]

There's an estimated 60 billion barrels (similar to Saudi Arabia's reserves) under the sea bed, which would enable the UK to "undercut the Saudi's" (hence my quote in the stock market thread months back).

Gordon aint going to let that kind of money be left to chance.

BRING THE RAIN!!!

[Colin Turnover]

when did my nigga kosh join the army

LOL!

I have a vested (monetary) interest in this Falkland's business. Got shares in 3 of the 4 companies who are down there. So naturally, I've researched the hell out of this sh*t.

[VENOM]

There's an estimated 60 billion barrels (similar to Saudi Arabia's reserves) under the sea bed, which would enable the UK to "undercut the Saudi's" (hence my quote in the stock market thread months back).

Gordon aint going to let that kind of money be left to chance.

BRING THE RAIN!!!

U "INVESTED" INTO COMPANIES THERE COS U READ THAT THERES AN ESTIMATED 60 BILLION BARRELS OF OIL (SIMILAR TO THE SAUDIS)??????????????

OR DID WHAT READ ACTUALLY SAY THAT THERE IS AN ESTIMATED £60BN WORTH OF OIL???

COS SHEEEEEEIT

I WOULDNT WANT YOU READING ANY NEWS ABOUT POTENTIAL STOCKS/INVESTMENT.

LOL@ THERE BEING 60 BILLION BARRELS AND CHINA, RUSSIA, AND THE US NOT PARRING BOTH UK AND ARGENTINA..

GET THE f*ck OUTTA HERE. THE AMT OF sh*t I READ ON THIS FORUM DAILY. SMH

I NEED REHAB

[Colin Turnover]

Shut your trap mate.

Do you think I'm that stupid?

Check my history. I wan't born yesterday. I am no fool.

Since when did "researching the hell out of this sh*t" constitute to reading that there's an estimated amount of oil there and me thinking "Oh let me plough some money into this?"

I've done alright out of this ting so far. Why don't you check out the companies involved and see the share prices a year ago compared to now

Come on sir keep up, this is serious business.

[VENOM]

lmao AT HOW PEOPLE say suttin then start cryin when pulled up on it

you said theres 60billion barrels of oil similar to the saudis

when no one ever said por printed anything about th efalklands having 60billion barrels but £60billion worth

thats a hell of a lot still.

read your post again, and next time dont make noise when you cant even get simple facts right.

[Guest Tulse Hill]

Venom is a gay chav from catford

[Colin Turnover]

lmao AT HOW PEOPLE say suttin then start cryin when pulled up on it

you said theres 60billion barrels of oil similar to the saudis

when no one ever said por printed anything about th efalklands having 60billion barrels but £60billion worth

thats a hell of a lot still.

read your post again, and next time dont make noise when you cant even get simple facts right.

Crying? I am a bastion of calm, afterall this is just VIP2.

Why are wittering on when it's clear you don't know you're on about?

So you think I meant £60 billion worth?

LMAO

Please read the surveys and reports on the area.

This is very serious business!

[Frank.]

Return Falklands to Argentina, says Chavez to Queen

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:22:57 GMT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on "Alo Presidente"

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called on Queen Elizabeth II of Britain to leave the disputed Malvinas (Falklands) Island to Argentina, saying that the time of empires have long expired.

"Look, England, how long are you going to be in Las Malvinas Queen of England, I'm talking to you... the time for empires are over, haven't you noticed? Return the Malvinas to the Argentine People," AFP quoted Chavez as saying in his weekly TV and Radio address "Alo Presidente" on Sunday.

The Latin American leader warned that in the event of a war over the island, Argentina would not be alone.

"The English are still threatening Argentina. Things have changed," Chavez continued, still addressing Queen Elizabeth II. "We are no longer in 1982. If conflict breaks out, be sure Argentina will not be alone like it was back then."

The British claim over the archipelago is "anti-historic and irrational," said Chavez, asking "why the English speak of democracy but still have a queen?"

The dispute over the Malvinas Island arose between Buenos Aires and London after Argentina found that Britain was planning drilling for oil near the islands that lie around 500 kilometers off the coast of Argentina and almost 13,000 kilometers away from the UK.

Britain deems the southern Atlantic archipelago as part of its sovereign territories, with Prime Minister Gordon Brown reportedly hinting at a possible confrontation in the event of a clash.

Earlier on Friday Chavez had also slammed the US and the UK for what he described as their 'oil hunger' that had sparked tensions over drilling plans near the Falklands or Las Malvinas.

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Drilling for oil begins off the Falkland Islands

The Ocean Guardian has arrived in Falkland Islands waters (Footage from Channel 4)

A British rig has begun drilling for oil in the territorial waters of the Falkland Islands, despite strong opposition from Argentina.

The platform has been towed to a point 100km (62 miles) north of the UK territory in the South Atlantic.

Argentina claims sovereignty over what it calls the Islas Malvinas and has imposed shipping restrictions.

UK Defence Minister Bill Rammell said the government had a "legitimate right" to build an oil industry in its waters.

Desire Petroleum, which is carrying out the drilling, said operations had started on the Liz 14/19-A exploration well at 1415 GMT.

Desire is an oil company and it's exploring for oil and not getting involved in what Argentina is saying about going to the UN. The rig is sitting firmly inside UK waters

David Willie

Desire Petroleum

In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, it said: "The well is being drilled to an estimated target depth of circa 3,500 metres (11,480 feet).

"Drilling operations are expected to take approximately 30 days and a further announcement will be made once drilling is completed."

Mr Rammell told the House of Commons the government would take "whatever steps [were] necessary" to protect the islands and that it had made Argentina "aware of that".

Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said "no amount of intimidation" from Buenos Aires could alter what was a "fundamental issue of self-determination".

Argentina has threatened to take "adequate measures" to stop British oil exploration in contested waters around the islands, and is seeking support from Latin American countries at a regional meeting in Mexico.

It wants its neighbours also to impose restrictions on shipping in the area.

Argentina can already count on support from President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, who said Britain was being irrational and had to realise the "time for empires was over".

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has called for "Britain to return the territory of the Malvinas to its real owners - to return it to Argentina" on Venezuelan Telesur television.

Argentina has long claimed the islands. It invaded the Falklands in 1982, before a UK taskforce seized back control in a short war that claimed the lives of 649 Argentine and 255 British service personnel.

But it has ruled out military action and is trying to pressure Britain into negotiations on sovereignty.

Last year Argentina submitted a claim to the United Nations for a vast expanse of ocean, based on research into the extent of the continental shelf, stretching to the Antarctic and including the island chains governed by the UK.

Falkland Islands map

It is due to raise the issue at the UN later this week.

Desire Petroleum spokesman David Willie said: "Desire is an oil company and it's exploring for oil and not getting involved in what Argentina is saying about going to the UN. The rig is sitting firmly inside UK waters."

He added that Argentina was beginning its own oil exploration programme in the waters west of the islands.

Mr Willie said oil exploration in the Falklands was at an early stage, and even if commercially viable amounts were found it would be many years before the oil would start to flow.

The rig, the Ocean Guardian, has been towed 8,000 miles from the Cromarty Firth in Scotland.

Last week the Falklands Legislative Assembly, which sold the licence to explore for oil to Desire, said it had "every right" to develop "legitimate business" in hydrocarbons.

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said British oil exploration in the area was "completely in accordance with international law".

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown also said the government had "made all the preparations that are necessary to make sure the Falkland islanders are properly protected".

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Getting interesting, and considering Venezuela is very pally pally with Russia so much so that the Russians are training there armys is dodgy ground tbh.

At the end of the day it wil come down to who has the bigger cahona's.

[Heero Yuy]

lol @ Chavez

Mans always sendings for the west

[ChickenCottage]

f*ck them Argie cunts.....

WE GETTIN' ARAB MONEY!!

[Guest Triple XXX]

the person who discovered oil... what the f*ck was he doin?

like how do u jus dig down, find it, then decide to set it on fire

even more how do u know to seperate it n make different fuels

[Heero Yuy]

howstuffworks is you

[ChickenCottage]

the person who discovered oil... what the f*ck was he doin?

like how do u jus dig down, find it, then decide to set it on fire

even more how do u know to seperate it n make different fuels

Someone didn't pay attention during Year 9.

Truesay I only know because the girl who had massive tits really early got moved down a set a month into the year.

[Guest Triple XXX]

i was never taught how oil was discovered

i musta bunked that day

[streets.]

the person who discovered oil... what the f*ck was he doin?

like how do u jus dig down, find it, then decide to set it on fire

even more how do u know to seperate it n make different fuels

think about this sh*t all the time

Like, who's idea was it to create a laptop? how do you even start to make one

[Heero Yuy]

swear you man need to up your knowledge game, theirs more to the internet than watching eric getting taken apart and zorn

some of the things i've watched on youtube and read up on when im bored, time travel, pyramids, particles lol

[streets.]

you dont understand our point.

[Heero Yuy]

I do still, like i said look sh*t up

[streets.]

I do still, like i said look sh*t up

If you did, you wouldn't be making a fool of yourself like you are now.