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Britain's gravest weakness was in the air. The 17 Sea Harriers aboard the British fleet cannot achieve superiority over Argentina's 42 Mirage and Dagger fighters and 64 Skyhawk bombers based on the mainland. An additional 18 Harriers, most of which had arrived in the Falklands battle area last week, would not be enough to make up the difference. The British reportedly asked Washington for a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for in-flight refueling...
Even with the R.A.F. Harriers, the British are definitely outgunned in the air. The Argentines have 82 American-made A-4P and A-4Q Skyhawk attack aircraft, 21 French-built Mirage III fighter-bombers and 26 Dagger aircraft, an Israeli-modified version of another Mirage model. The Argentine Mirage Ills have a combat range of about 745 miles, enabling them to operate over the Falklands from bases on the Argentine mainland. The British may be able to offset some of the Argentine air advantage through skillful use of naval forces. Destroyers from the British task force, equipped with Sea Dart...
From the U.S. The core of the Argentine air force and navy consists of old, but updated and well-maintained American-made planes and ships. The air force has 68 versatile A-4P Skyhawk attack aircraft. In addition, Argentina has 14 A-4Q navy Skyhawks; seven C-130 transports; two KC-130 tankers; and some 20 Hughes and Bell helicopters. The navy's only cruiser, the General Belgrano, was commissioned in 1939 and bought from the U.S. in 1951 for $7.8 million. Six Argentine destroyers are U.S.-built World War II vintage vessels fitted with French-built surface...
Costs Outweighed. Not too hard to explain, however. Three-quarters of all flying time logged by small aircraft is accounted for by business travelers, and corporations buy the lion's share of the most popular planes in each of the industry's principal categories: the Cessna 172 Skyhawk single-engine (1976 price: $20,750), the Piper Seneca twin-engine ($75,100) and the Cessna Citation jet ($845,000). Though the operating costs of small planes are high, many corporations justify the craft as necessities. High fuel and labor costs have compelled airlines to cut back on both flights...
...missile (8,000) and MIG-21 fighter-bomb er (1,900); the U.S.'s Sidewinder air-to-air missile (12,000), CH-47 Chinook helicopter (309), F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber (1,100), C-130 Hercules transport (230), F-5 fighter-bomber (1,500), A-4 Skyhawk attack fighter (460) and TOW anti-tank missile (12,500); France's Exocet antiship missile (about 800 sold), AMX-30 battle tank (1,000) and Mirage III fighter-bomber (700); Israel's Gabriel antiship missile...