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http://www.offshore-technology.com/p.../sealionfield/ That said, the field currently being explored is a very recent discovery (2010 or thereabouts), so shouldn't be a factor in V1 or V2 T2k.
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Also since when politicians needed a rational reason? |
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I think a reinforcing of the Falklands would tend to be a logical step in the general run up to the war in Europe -- with everything getting tense, sending additional troops there makes sense. Probably would have been a regular unit, later replaced by TA when they're mobilized.
As for why retain the Falklands -- if the Suez were closed by, say, dropping a nuke or two on it, any oil from the Middle East bound for Europe or the UK would be coming around Africa. Having a functional naval base and air field in the South Atlantic could come in pretty handy. Might not be a really good argument in the dark days of 2000, but the UK was one of the nations that took over the garrisoning of Saudi Arabia from CENTCOM a few years later in the Traveler 2300 timeline. Might have made it very important to keep control of the Falklands then (which, ISTR, is the situation circa 2300 in that game). |
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This is a good point. I do think there would need to be a strategic reason for garrisoning the Malvinas/Falklands. If it's out of the way then there's less of a rationale, and of course South America is not going to be a source of supply like it was in WWII. If some manufactured goods are coming from Australia (largely untouched in the Twilight War), then perhaps convoys to Europe would travel by way of South America? This would be to avoid the hot war zones off Indonesia and the Middle East. In that case, there would be a point to maintain the Falklands garrison. Tony Last edited by helbent4; 01-11-2011 at 12:40 AM. |
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I agree with Australia but I also tend to have Chile more or less untouched.
Then it could be the supply line to the troops in Asia. |
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Chile were also a big help in 1982, they still have a "disagreement" with Argentina themselves.
A friend of mine works in the oil industry and he has said they have found some oil down there, and its similar to North sea oil in its quality. Its just a lot trickier to find it. RAF Mount Pleasant would allow the reinforcement of the Falklands within 16 hours, so 3 Aircraft and there is an extra 600/800 troops in place, thier resupply would be an issue, but there was certainly enough Ammo on the Islands in the mid 80's to keep a decent sized force going for a while. Food could be locally sourced from other South American states, but loosing that many troops for a few years would be inconvenient in the least. The local population may not be so welcoming of a large force of bored troops on their doorstep.
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The best I can see Army wise might be some sort of ad hoc Battalion Group...maybe a Company from one of the London based Guards Bns, a couple of TA Companies (possibly from one of the "larger" Bns - I think one of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters TA Bns slated for home defence had five rifle Companies), maybe pull the Gurkha Company from Sandhurst (I've read that in the weeks leading up to the liberation in 1982 many Argentine conscripts were terrified at the prospect that the Gurkhas were coming...) Others' thoughts may vary...especially if you advocate any sort of increase to the Army's RL size in the years leading up to the War.
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I had been doing some research lately on the Falkland Islands as I have them still occupied by UK. I foudn something interesting on the Falkland Islands Defence Force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklan..._Defence_Force . |
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At the chance of this topic being split into a discussion of the TA during the WW3, Britain Puts its forces first on alert when the Soviets cross the Chinese border in '95.
Britain does stand down its alert in October, not a stretch to keep some of its forces on alert.
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They're funded entirely by the Falklands Government and not the British, therefore why shouldn't they chose whatever equipment they want?
Naturally you'd expect them to use mostly British equipment as they're so closely affiliated, but as you point out, the early L85 was a complete peice of crap. You can bet they would have heard all about it from their training instructor.
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