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HMS Montrose calls in Ascension en route to the Falkland Islands
HMS Montrose has visited Ascension Island as part of her mission to promote British interests in the South Atlantic over the coming months. Ascension supports the airbridge which provides the vital link between the UK and MPA in the Falkland Islands, seat of British forces in the South Atlantic. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesWell, isn't this going to bring out all the Argie whingers and cry-babies.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 02:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The ship is going to the Falklands no less!!
NOTE to all Argies: THIS is a real warship NOT a search and rescue helicopter.
Don't ya luv it!!!!
I imagine they'll just add Ascension Island to their list of territorial demands.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 03:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0You can send battelships but...
Nov 24th, 2011 - 04:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.theweek.co.uk/world-news/42902/falklands-are-we-ready-latest-threat-s-america
Are you up for it?
No stopovers in its way???? Certainly not in Latin America ports my friends. good job Argentina again!
Nov 24th, 2011 - 04:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@ 1 hi, I'm an Argie, and I do really think that the islands belong to the falklanders, you can also drown in the cold waters of the South Atlantic, I don't really care, but I love the fact that the Malvinists have made you a paranoid, anxious and excited just like them. It's funny how easy it's for the Malvinists to make people stupid like in your case. Do you live a life of your own or you spend your time thinking about the Argies? have you had your double dose of Argie semen today?
Nov 24th, 2011 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jdAwXV7eVM
@3 Are WE ready for it? You jest. I trust that you carefully read and took on board the various descriptions of your country? Just look. “But in the late 1940s the unscrupulous General Juan Peron placed the 'Islas Malvinas' at the heart of the history and geography curriculum of every Argentine school. He began the process of brainwashing that culminated in the islands becoming a kind of national G Spot – stimulated by every shady politician and strongman since.” So your educational system is brainwashing and your president is a shady politician. Is CFK still coining it? I see that in 2009, the Ks' personal wealth had increased by 572%. ”A preliminary report on the investigation by the Argentine Anti Corruption Office (OA) established that the official figures provided by the Kirchners “don't stack up”. The investigation was suspended by Judge Oyarbide on 30 December, though a week later, Piragini appealed the ruling.“ Any progress on that investigation?
Nov 24th, 2011 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”Educated, civilised people as well as toughs from the slums of the villas miseria (shanty towns) encircling the city screamed and sang hysterically with glee. They knew full well that Galtieri was a brutal alcoholic ruling alongside some of the most sinister moustachioed types ever to infest a military junta. They knew that they had killed and tortured thousands to stay in office and that some of their victims were drugged and thrown - while still alive - from aircraft far out to sea. But still they cheered.” No change there then, is there? Still intent on your corrupt, brutal, brainwashed objectives.
Don't forget that your currency is only worth one millionth of what it was worth 40 years ago. And you still have lots of debts to pay off. And those subsidies you are used to are coming to an end.
Are we up for it? Our GDP is several times yours. Our credit rating is one you can only dream of. You bet we're up for it. Get used to the idea of poverty. I suggest you figure out where CFK keeps her dustbins.
@5 “Have you had your double dose of Argie semen today?”
Nov 24th, 2011 - 05:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That´s disgusting... no need for that! C´mon!
@ 6 The Kirchner corruption? That´s not in question. Don´t change the topic. Crimes during the dictatorship? Argentinian currency? Oops.. that´s not the topic either... keep trying!
Is it that you don´t wanna see, perhaps?
@5 Argentineans do not refer to themselves as “Argies”, so i gues you are not Argentinean.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 05:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0#5
Nov 24th, 2011 - 06:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I rest my case: who is the one of us that is 'paranoid, anxious and excited'.
Given the disgusting final comment I take it you are homosexual then?
8 JB Your guess is correct.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are we up for it? Our GDP is several times yours. Our credit rating is one you can only dream of. You bet we're up for it. Get used to the idea of poverty. I suggest you figure out where CFK keeps her dustbins.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 08:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Not for long conquered!
uk is bankrupt and going down fast!
Your GDP,is artificially high..not real economics behind.....A lot of inflated value....do not kid yourself..uk industry is lagging even respect to Italy's.... uk IS FINISHED!! That is the reality!!
Not popular on the out side, but revered on the inside,
Nov 24th, 2011 - 08:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A very clever and devious woman,
The use of charm and gentle persuasions, is not wasted,
She know very well, that what she cant get by military action,
Can be obtained by deception charm and sophistication
She has been schooled very well,
I predict that anyone who thinks she is a fool, would do well to watch their backs,
This is one woman who is obsessed and dead bent on getting what she wants,
She thinks nothing of the British or the islanders,
[Personally I don’t like or trust her]
But then do you think that worries her.??
Justa thought .
7 Islas Malvinas (
@5 “Have you had your double dose of Argie semen today?”
That´s disgusting... no need for that! C´mon!
I agree with your comment, xbox is a turncoat, only scum use such childish crap,
As for Argentina, as you use others to do your dirty work,
You may yet get a nice surprise .
11 Malvinero1 , no.
Funny how we're so bankrupt that we recently commission a new Type 45 Destroyer that costs £1 Billion, thats more than half of the Argentine Military Budget on one ship.
Nov 24th, 2011 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Jeez, we're so obviously broke we continue to build another five of them, and the new submarines, and the new Aircraft Carriers, I can't wait until we're flush with money, just think of what we could build and launch then?
So you guys launch your primitive diesel submarines and feel proud about it, but don't look at what we're up to, because when you see what we're launching you'll cry a river.
Excuse me, people from Malvinas, think in another alternative place to live. Because, it ´s not good for you. Inestability, South American questions. Come on!. What else? Dios, Patria o Muerte!
Nov 24th, 2011 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Funny how we're so bankrupt that we recently commission a new Type 45 Destroyer that costs £1 Billion, thats more than half of the Argentine Military Budget on one ship.
Nov 25th, 2011 - 01:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0Congratulations.The brits are more stupoid that what I taugth!
So thebrits prefer to cut the education,publ;ic transport and health but feel proud of the military???
What a sick country,my god!!
The difference is your economy is tiny by comparison, Argentina only has a total of £238 Billion per annum to spend on everything for 40 Million RGs.
Nov 25th, 2011 - 02:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0In the UK we spend £90.6 Billion a year on Education, £21.1 Billion on Transport, and £121.3 Billion on Health Care; and just £45.5 Billion on Defence for 60 Million Brits.
Yes we're proud of our military, they beat you lot didn't they? As our military is more successful, and actually wins, we spend more money on it.
Unfortunately for you, your country would sooner raise the white flag and break the Geneva Convention whilst doing so. Therefore, to reflect your crappy military, your Defence spending is only £1.7 Billion, and is forecast to rise to £3.5 Billion by 2015.
The figures alone prove you're a crappy third rate country, with ideas above your place, run along child.
l see xbarilox is running wild again. No need to be rude xbox.
Nov 25th, 2011 - 09:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Like the video with the sexy group playing.
ls that you with the lead guitar, xbox?
HMS Montrose is only the beginning of our future South Atlantic fleet, malvinistas.
l'd keep a low profile if l were you. Just a frindly observation.♥♥♥♥
Yes we're proud of our military, they beat you lot didn't they? As our military is more successful, and actually wins, we spend more money on it.
Nov 25th, 2011 - 11:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sure and your student riots because they increased tuition by 300%??/
Beat the Argentininan?? At what cost?? Argentina did very well with the elements,and sure could have beaten you off,if they wanted.....
uk is FINISHED!
I am glad I do not live in uk!
#18
Nov 25th, 2011 - 11:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0Not as glad as we are.
sure could have beaten you off,if they wanted.....
Nov 25th, 2011 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So the Argies let us win? even for a Malvinst thats a stupid boy statement
have a drop of this Malvinero1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9t_KDGqOmE
If he understood the value of money and education, he might of had a point,
Nov 25th, 2011 - 01:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But as he does not, I suppose, 234, ABC and $1 dollar fifty cense will have to suffice
HMS Montrose:
Nov 25th, 2011 - 02:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When you have the time, please also go to Punta Arenas and Valparaiso, where I know you have friends.
Bon voyage,
Philippe
lol malviner still hoping his piss will have a nuclear reaction ;))
Nov 25th, 2011 - 04:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It will if he xxsis down his leg lol.
Nov 25th, 2011 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lol hes probably testing it now you have said that. Lets hope we hear some reports of a mushroom cloud appearing over his house ;))
Nov 25th, 2011 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@18 Malvinero1 your sh*tting me right ? you'could' have ? In the falklands war ? A bunch of boys, that didnt even want to fight that stupid conquest, did no more than hide, run or fight very badly with the little training they received. Even your 'legendary' marines , were beaten off quite easily. There is something that you underestimate in the British. Something that many have underestimated and regretted it extremely. We Brits do not like losing.We are a proud nation , and we fight damn hard for our rights, and in this case people who rely on us ; the Falklanders. If we defeated Nazi Germany, and revolutionary France, i hardly believe that Argentina, even with its recent 'flourish' as a country will stand a chance. You are in no way in a position to discredit us as a failing country just yet...there is plenty of roar left in the British lion.....
Nov 25th, 2011 - 11:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they are just pixxing in the wind,
Nov 26th, 2011 - 12:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0and getting wet, when they do it down wind .
@26. British material losses were far greater than Argentina's - cost wise. I am glad you are proud of your military accomplishments but the reason why Nazi Germany was defeated was mostly because of the United States. Churchill was pissing his pants and crying for the US to intervene every step of the way. And the reason why GB wasn't conquered in that war and in many others is because of their geographical nature.
Nov 26th, 2011 - 12:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0Additionally, not only did Argentina do far more than GB considering the technological and military gap, but the UK was once again aided by Chile and the United States. Many Argentine elite troops had to be stationed at the border with Chile fearing an opportunistic attack from that nation. Thatcher even sent nuclear weaponry to the south atlantic and the only logical reason for that was that there were founded fears that you might have lost.
The UK has been a US puppet government for the duration of the 20th century and it continues today.
for more information on the war, and how it came close to a very different outcome i suggest you watch any documentary about it.
you can start with this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfRg-aetXss
their may be grains of truth in what you say
Nov 26th, 2011 - 01:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0but
You still lost, and its results that count
#26 Yes, there were serious problems with the logistics and with the equipment but, there's always a but isn't there? presumably your commando force is considered 'elite' - why did they lose so badly? Yes, we suffered losses but overcame a force twice as large in certain areas. The real success was your air force (up to a point) when the shot the place to bits quite frankly, pity they dropped their bombs too low for them to arm - basic error that AND your pilots couldn't cope with the machine guns that put tracers up - they dropped the bombs too soon! It was only the 'slow' Harriers using their superior airmanship and jinking up as the Mirages came within range that showed the weakness of fast jets in that situation. The real failures though were your navy and particularly your submarines. Not suprising really when one torpedo didn't leave the tube and all the others that managed to leave (4 was it?) NOT one hit the target. Do you know why? One of the sub-base technicians who rewired the tubes cross-connected the polarity of the DC supply which spun up the gyros of the torpedos SO THEY RAN BACKWARDS. Once the topedo was fired and the gimble lock on the gyro released, it immediately inverted itself and went in the opposite direction to the set point. Your subs were immasculated by your own people - what a bunch of pratts.
Nov 26th, 2011 - 11:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0Of course everything is different now. Your old Mk3s and 5 Mirages are falling out of the skies due to airframe fatigue, killing your pilots. The 4 Typhoons based at the Falklands would probably kill ALL your Mirages in one dogfight, the Mirage being very outdated now.
And don't forget Trident!
We appreciate
Nov 26th, 2011 - 01:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0That your modern day pilots train on Brazilian carriers,
But considering you do not have your own, then what is the point,
Keeps your hand in I suppose,
But you still wont beat the Euro fighter
Plus of course the royal navy’s astute submarines probably the most advanced and powerful sub in the world, can sink the carrier from over a thousand miles away,
Perhaps you best keep to talking
.
Troneas,
Nov 26th, 2011 - 04:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nuclear weapons were not deployed, the ships sailed with them on board, as they were part of their normal war load for NATO duties, they were removed at Ascension and returned to the UK. They did not enter the conflict zone.
That Chile deployed troops on its borders was because Argentina threatened that once finished in the Falklands, Chile would be next and the Beagle Channel dispute resolved by force of arms.
Remember the Beagle Channel dispute? Where Argentina claimed islands that were Chilean, after it decided to reinterpret a boundary treaty in its favour. A case it lost, twice, becauase Argentine maps before the dispute showed the islands as Chilean (the same maps that show the Falklands as “foreign territory”.....
So all in all, basically your own fault.
In many case, Argentine weaponry on the Falklands was superior to what the British Army had.
Examples
155 mm guns vs 105 mm guns
FN FAL vs SLR
Argentine night vision was also better than what the British had
Argentina lost a land campaign with a 2:1 superiority in numbers.
IT lost against a British Army fighting on its own, yes America supplied weapons but you had a 5:1 superiority in fast jets and were flying from land bases against 20 or so Sea Harriers on 2 small carriers.
In a war where Argentina held all the aces, it lost to a superior fighting force.
@28 i suggest that YOU watch a bloody documentary on the second world war, as your comments seem very uneducated. We had eliminated the threat of invasion by means far greater than our geographical advantage.You can not put that down simply to why no one has conquered us. Did our island stop Robert clive and his 3000 men defeated an army of 60000 ? Or the battle of Trafalgar, our geographical position helped Nelson defeat a numerically superior Franco-Spanish fleet and effectively destroy the threat of invasion from Napoleon .You geographical argument is an appalling one .And Churchill p*ssing his pants, crying for the US to intervene. ? Wipe you mouth out son, of course he wanted the extra few million troops aiding him , as that would mean far less casualties for the Brits.Read up on the second world war, and you will find that we had plans to fight even without the yanks. We had defeated Rommel in Africa, and were stepping up SOE operations in preparation for a possible invasion into Italy or the southern areas of France. Argentine seem to be doing the most 'crying' and 'winging' to every country that can tolerate listening to it, right now. I do not need to watch any documentaries, as i have read much about the conflict, and can conclude from it that it was a classic case of quality over quantity.The material losses that we suffered were cause mainly from a weapon that we had co-developed ourselves, so you should probably thank us for that.Nuclear weapons were aboard in a clever ploy to get the French to tell us the codes to disarm your missiles.I suggest that you go to a book shop and purchase a book on WW2, and learn of the feats Britain had accomplished like the development of RADAR, the breaking of the enigma code, the SAS operations, the SOE operations and much more.Then i think you may be that bit more intelligent and educated on the matter that i think i could hold a respectable debate with you.You may also need to read up on the Falklands' history......
Nov 26th, 2011 - 08:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0“British material losses were far greater than Argentina's - cost wise. ”
Nov 27th, 2011 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0You lost the islands. You lost.
“United States. Churchill was pissing his pants and crying for the US to intervene every step of the way”
Actually, Hitler had already been told an invasion of the UK was a military impossibility because they lost the Battle of Britain, They had no air superiority and the worlds largest navy inbetween france and the UK. This was before the US got involved.
“Additionally, not only did Argentina do far more than GB considering the technological and military gap, ”
There wasn't a technology gap. Again, do some research. Much of Argentina's equipment was newer at the time.
“but the UK was once again aided by Chile and the United States. Many Argentine elite troops had to be stationed at the border with Chile fearing an opportunistic attack from that nation. ”
Those “Elite” troops you guys always bang on about would not have helped you. Your troops were cut off from Argentina. They had no supplies. People die when they run out of food and ammunition.
“Thatcher even sent nuclear weaponry to the south atlantic and the only logical reason for that was that there were founded fears that you might have lost. ”
Again, do your research. They were nuclear depth charges, Used for killing subs, not citys.
You lost the islands. You lost.
Nov 27th, 2011 - 04:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Really zetthe/??We did not loose Argentina,not some stupid rocks....But we will return....We can wait.Malvinas is not really important to us......
for an island that is not important to you,
Nov 27th, 2011 - 07:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you are trying awfully hard to steal it,
But as there are over 700 islands in the group
Which island are you not interested in,
And which do you not care about
for an island that is not important to you,
Nov 27th, 2011 - 09:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0you are trying awfully hard to steal it,
But as there are over 700 islands in the group
Really britton? I know you are a mediocre nazi,so it is difficult for you to understand,but Argentina can be a lot worse to uk and Malvinas.
After all uk has an embassy in Argentina and is INCREASING The links with Argentina and Latinamerica.
Is uk important for Argentina?We do not have an ambassador yet...so who will benefit more?
Malvinero1 normaly its just one ?
Nov 28th, 2011 - 01:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0but in your case it merits 3 ???
next .
@38 briton,
Nov 28th, 2011 - 04:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0Do not take to much too much notice of Malvinero1, briton.
He comes up with some ridiculous theories/arguments & according to him the Argentines are ALWAYS right & everyone else is ALWAYS wrong.
Plus as Beef pointed out in another post, it looks like his keyboard needs cleaning.
@39 your right, someone needs to teach malviner that pissing in the wind in front of his keyboard is not only messy and disgusting, but is highly unlikely to enrich his urine for that nuclear reaction he is seeking, well apart from enriching it with a few bread crubs and some dust lol.
Nov 28th, 2011 - 02:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@39 lsolde
Nov 28th, 2011 - 06:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0&
@40 Teaboy2
thank you both,
37 Malvinero1 , we know you idolise the british, but cannot say it on line,
but thats ok,
why Nazi Germany was defeated was mostly because of the United States.
Nov 30th, 2011 - 03:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Never heard of Russia?
And the reason why GB wasn't conquered in that war and in many others is because of their geographical nature.
And what is the Argies excuse for losing the Falklands 300 miles off your coast
inside every Malvinero1
Nov 30th, 2011 - 08:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0theirs a malen waiting to climb out .
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