Word: naval
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...system like the U.S. AWACS aircraft. With only 36 Harrier jets aboard the armada's aircraft carriers, Hermes and Invincible, Task Force Commander John "Sandy" Woodward had to take the chance of using missile-bearing warships as part of his frontline antiaircraft defense. His tactic: to establish a British naval "gun line" around the vulnerable assault ships, supply vessels and troopships that actually carried out the landing...
...practical terms, the scheme for a backdoor invasion calls first for British landings at remote beaches on West Falkland, where few Argentine troops are believed to be. That would give the British naval task force a land base for its vertical takeoff Harrier fighters. The plan also calls for the placing of radar on high ground on West Falkland to prevent a recurrence of the surprise Argentine air attack that destroyed the Sheffield...
...whom were wounded, were taken prisoner and that one Argentine, killed in the incident, was buried at sea. The British, who denied machine-gunning the lifeboat, said that the Narwal, which eventually sank, carried sophisticated electronic spying gear and that one of the prisoners was an Argentine naval officer. The Argentines, in turn, argued that the boat carried no eavesdropping equipment...
...outcome of the Falklands war is almost sure to involve U.S. military strategy as well as diplomatic policy. The first full-scale naval battle in 40 years erupted just as Reagan's fiveyear, $1.6 trillion defense buildup was being debated by the Senate. The war provides ammunition to both sides of a dispute about the effectiveness of large surface ships for projecting power into areas of conflict...
...modern missiles. The Argentine plane carrying Exocet missiles "would not have gotten anywhere near one of our battle groups," he claimed. Lehman also insisted that the war shattered the reformers' argument that there are "low-threat" areas of potential conflict that could be adequately handled by less sophisticated naval weapons...