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GR.7
The GR7 had its maiden flight in May 1990 and made its first operational deployment in August 1995 over the former Yugoslavia. While the GR7 deployed on Invincible class aircraft carriers during testing as early as June 1994, the first operational deployments at sea began in 1997. This arrangement was formalised with the Joint Force Harrier, operating with the Royal Navy's Sea Harrier.
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While IRL the RN doesn't appear to have received GR.7s until 2006, they were assigned to and operating from carriers as early as 1994. It's reasonable to assume with the divergent timeline in T2K, the number of Harriers given to the RN directly from the factory was increased and this included GR.7s.
This assumption receives some support from the plate notes as there's no mention of prior RAF involvement with the aircraft in question. That of course could simply be because any RAF insignia has been completely obscured, however a vast number of other plate notes indicate paint has faded and previous markings are beginning to show through. With the harsh sea conditions the Harrier is likely to have seen, it seems likely significant weathering could be expected, likewise revealing prior markings.
Additionally as we can tell from the Lynx entry (amongst others) paint for touch ups isn't exactly common.
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Originally Posted by James Langham
Actually current strength is about 1400 troops - basically an infantry bn plus supporting elements.
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Still, the TA aren't exactly first line troops are they? Admittedly neither are the Argentine forces (as far as I know), but 700 odd combat troops and their support isn't exactly a huge bump in the road for them, especially as they have their own airforce and navy backing them up.