Falklands war campaign

[SCUBAKev]

i was at a Model UN meet, Representative on the International Court of Justice from France...and this topic was discussed for hours on end...was very interesting.

[Sir. VaSs]

Not luck just well thought out military decisions and taking calculated risks.. I would be able to argue more on this but my Dads away atm.

[Reyals]

Originally Posted by motherdear

the british was indeed lucky.

And the Argentines were incompetent.
Thus a fair fight :P


Edit:

Originally Posted by Sir. VaSs

Not luck just well thought out military decisions and taking calculated risks.. I would be able to argue more on this but my Dads away atm.

No... they did get pretty lucky.


"Thirteen unexploded bombs[22] hit British ships without detonating. Lord Craig, the former Marshal of the Royal Air Force, is said to have remarked: “Six better fuses and we would have lost”[23] although Ardent and Antelope were both lost despite the failure of bombs to explode. The fuses were functioning correctly, and the bombs were simply released from too low an altitude.[24][25]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

[Sir. VaSs]

Originally Posted by Reyals

"Thirteen unexploded bombs[22] hit British ships without detonating.

Their own fault for investing in French weaponry .

[Reyals]

Originally Posted by Sir. VaSs

Their own fault for investing in French weaponry .

While the attacks were undoubtedly brave, the low release of the unretarded bombs (some of which, ironically, were sold to the Argentine FAA by the British years earlier) meant that many never exploded as there was insufficient time in the air for them to arm themselves. Simple free-fall bombs will, at low altitude, impact almost directly below the dropping aircraft, therefore there is a minimum safe altitude for release. The pilots would doubtless have been aware of this, but in the heat of bomb alley, many failed to climb to the necessary release point. The problem was solved by the improvised fitting of retarding devices, allowing low-level bombing attacks as employed on June 8.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

[77SiCaRiO77]

the bombs dosnt explot because they had a delay (like 2 seg) before they detonate , to avoid that the plane was damage by his own bomb (to avoid the radar , the A4 fly very near to the water , only 10 m over the sea) but the shield of the british ships was to weak , so the bomb only pass like a knife in butter .

[Reyals]

Originally Posted by 77SiCaRiO77

the bombs dosnt explot because they had a delay (like 2 seg) before they detonate , to avoid that the plane was damage by his own bomb (to avoid the radar , the A4 fly very near to the water , only 10 m over the sea) but the shield of the british ships was to weak , so the bomb only pass like a knife in butter .

Yah? That was mentioned in my post directly above yours...
What's your point.

[mrmong]

we kicked their arse

[strima]

Originally Posted by Sir. VaSs

Not luck just well thought out military decisions and taking calculated risks.. I would be able to argue more on this but my Dads away atm.

Balls, sweat and audasity as it's known in miltary terms.