Word: argentinas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That assertion was by no means justified. But it did serve to underline a grim fact: as long as military and diplomatic conditions did not force Argentina to a different assessment, the ugly battle at the bottom of the world might be very hard to stop...
...days before Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands on April 2, the Soviet Union launched Cosmos 1345 and Cosmos 1346, two satellites programmed to monitor military activity in the area. The Soviets had apparently detected preparations for the attack through their regular intelligence network. Since then, the Soviets have launched at least six other reconnaissance satellites in orbits that take them over the South Atlantic, where they can watch both Argentine and British military movements. The intelligence-gathering space vehicles perform various functions. Two were put up to intercept communications. Two others were radar-sensing satellites designed to pick up radar...
Britain has access to much U.S. satellite intelligence. There is no evidence that the U.S. told the British where they could find the General Belgrano, as Argentina has charged, but U.S. eavesdropping and surveillance capability is enabling British naval commanders to receive copies of orders transmitted by the Argentine Defense Ministry almost as soon as they are issued...
...powered submarine, which can do 19 knots on the surface and 16 when submerged. The QE2 would still be vulnerable to the kind of air-to-surface missile attack that last week sank the destroyer Sheffield, but at least it would be fairly secure against an as sault by Argentina's diesel subs...
Nothing could have better symbolized the mood of fierce national pride, defiance and determination that reigned in Argentina as the population reacted to a major exchange of blows last week in the battle for the Falklands. After a series of seemingly effortless British successes-the retaking of South Georgia Island, the bombing of the Falklands' airstrips and the sinking of the cruiser General Belgrano-Argentines savored the notion that in destroying H.M.S. Sheffield they had evened the score. Declared a Buenos Aires taxi driver: "We're going to clobber the English so hard they'll know...