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UK Spied on Argentina About Falkland Islands

posted by LaminatorX on Monday April 06 2015, @01:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the finally-real-spying dept.

davester666 writes:

Not sure why Snowden & friends are releasing this, as it is the traditional purpose of spying [and the one that virtually everybody but the people who actually do the spying think of].

"According to reports in the Argentine media, Britain was concerned that Argentina could launch another attempt to reclaim the Falkland Islands"

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32172669

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday April 06 2015, @04:09PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday April 06 2015, @04:09PM (#167019)

    I disagree; if they went back to an older method of war-fighting, it'd be easy to remove the Argentinians from the Falklands. The UK has comparatively huge military assets. Isolate the islands, and then attack mainland Argentina directly. Keep it up until the surrender unconditionally. Bomb their cities, destroy their government buildings, destroy their military bases, don't let up until they surrender and leave the islands. That's how you win a war.

    Personally, I think the UK went way too easy on Argentina in the 1982 war. They should have attacked Argentina's military bases and other assets as much as possible, not just the ones being used for the Falklands.

    And why has the UK scaled its Navy back so much anyway? That's some stupid military strategy right there. Take a lesson from us Americans: the Navy is the one branch you really should invest a lot in, because a blue-water Navy is how you project force. Without it, you're confined to defending your immediate territory only. Maybe the UK should dump its nukes and scale back its ground forces, and invest that savings instead in buying more ships and aircraft carriers.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by janrinok on Monday April 06 2015, @06:40PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 06 2015, @06:40PM (#167076) Journal
    Well, we would have had an operational carrier if the US had delivered the aircraft on time, with a second well into its construction. They were/are delayed partly due to lack of aircraft.