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Falkland Oil and Gas in farmout agreement involving license areas and cash
The exploration company Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd. (FOGL) has entered a farmout agreement with an unnamed party for its licenses south and east of the Falkland Islands. Read full article
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Mar 20th, 2012 - 05:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Chuckle chuckle
This is how Cristina Kirchner of Argentina and her cronies get votes:
Mar 20th, 2012 - 05:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyPC0SD0PGw
It doesn't directly state it but is this a financial mechanism whereby investors can remain anonymous throughout their investment?
Mar 20th, 2012 - 06:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wonder why they'd do that.......
LOL.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 03 Idlehands (#)
Mar 20th, 2012 - 07:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0because its a hedge fund with the right political connections - we live in a corporate society now, remember?
british government finally admit they made another balls-up with the new aircraft carriers. Carriers wont be retrofitted with cats now and the MOD will be buying the VSTL F35b......like I predicted 3 months ago hehe.
By the way, the USAF simply love their new Harriers (which they got for peanuts from britain) so much they are doing a re-design to make one supersonic as a feasibilty trial.
No wonder Sandy Woodward is bright red in the face after being told the good news hehe
@ 5
Mar 20th, 2012 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Hows the sopwith pups doing in the argie top gun airforce?
Gives the invester a couple of months to completely divest of all assets ect in Argentina.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 07:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Ah Doofuss, nice to see you again.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Procurement decisions are very complex and often don't go to plan but you'd not understand that with Argentina's rather pathetic budget. The UK spends over 21 times as much each year on defense.
However the good news is the F35B looks a awesome bit of technology!
As for the Harriers the USAF are welcome to those museum pieces!
@8 You're right. The harrier served it's time and I'm glad they found a nice home in the USA.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 07:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0F35Bs look nice. Fly them around the South Atlantic a bit staring at Argies.
US politicians say F35 is too expensive, has too many design flaws and should be scrapped motivating USAF to reduce the number they orginally wanted
Mar 20th, 2012 - 08:27 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/02/ap-senators-question-pentagon-decision-on-f35b-020612/
US navy forgets F35 and buys more super-hornets as operational date for f35 is pushed back to 2018.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/02/ap-senators-question-pentagon-decision-on-f35b-020612/
US marines dont want f35 as they are happier with their new fleet of harriers...which they got cheap chuckle chuckle
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/02/ap-senators-question-pentagon-decision-on-f35b-020612/
@5 No final decision yet, prick. Trouble is you can't read!
Mar 20th, 2012 - 08:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@8 No the F-35B is not “awesome” technology. It's basic cobbled-together crap.
@9 The F-35B is crap. Only good for temporary use by a MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force). The RN should have the F-35C. Or, preferably, a navalised version of the Eurofighter Typhoon. How about the Eurofighter Vortex?
Falklands 30 years on: oil dream could end days of squid and subsidy
Mar 20th, 2012 - 08:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/20/falkland-islands-30-years-on-thatcher
Other than the fact that manned planes are so old hat, I still don't know why we didn't design and build our own stealth fighter.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 08:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0We don't seem to be doing much of the design and build of these sorts of things these days. Better to just make your own like the French do, even if it is a little less good.
Ah Dreyfuss, more conjecture, we know the program has been delayed and to be honest this is (shockingly) absolutely normal for a advanced fighter program, in fact I can't think of one that has either been on-time or on-budget.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 09:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Greek, I think you maybe correct, British engineering is truly superb but overall it should cost more to build and design your own.
The Type 45, Challenger 2, Typhoon, Astute class, Starstreak are all great bits of kit that have for the most part been designed by the UK.
Although the military is smaller than it was the kit we have is truly superb.
@14 Costs more up-front if you design & build it yourself, but it costs less to maintain and update the kit once it's rolled out.
Mar 20th, 2012 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The issue is the lack of engineers in the UK, and the fact they're paid £0.3 per hour, so they all go to live in Germany.
Amnesty - Argentina's 10% Amerindian population subject to racist violence, discrimination and imprisonment in THEIR OWN LAND - http://laht.com/article.asp?articleid=355829&categoryid=14093
Mar 22nd, 2012 - 02:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0this is my cousin Adolfo in London making fun of your stupido english army
Mar 23rd, 2012 - 03:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDPK1kPWj1E
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