We have the same amount of carriers now as we had then you fucking idiot (2).
And the ones we have now are literally cutting edge, as opposed to the ones we had during the Falklands which were dated even at the time.
What a load of shite.
Where did you read that? On here?
All new ships have teething problems.
Look at the USs newest carrier. It had 10 years of problems before they got it functioning properly.
One is broken and the other is being docked to take off its working piece to give to the broken one. (This will put both out of commission until complete and result in 1 "working" carrier)
A lot of our infrastructure is a mess right now though. Also my friend is in the Navy at the moment and he said a massive problem is no one stays in the Navy, they all leave at their 4 year contract because the pay is shit and the good pensions are now gone so the Navy spends 4 years training people to do their job then they just leave, IE there NCO's are usually too inexperienced for the job they had. He essentially says its literally a bunch of people in their early 20's that are responsible for 90% of the ship
I can't remember when he said about the ten year mark ago or so. But yeah there's basically no incentive to stay in. Most of the deployments are shit as well, the meme of the navy going to exotic lands all the time is long gone. All of his deployments have been in the Gulf, therefore all his deployment stuck in the belly of a massive metal tub then when he get's shore leave he has to spend it in shitholes like Oman and Bahrain.
It's the money.
It's atrocious. The amount of hours you work, the amount of weekends etc. It ends up being well below minimum wage. And you pay full tax.
Meanwhile merchant seaman get paid significantly more, more time off, and often don't pay any tax.
Plus most of the qualifications you can earn are completely meaningless and not recognised in civilian world.
They didn't have the balls to do it then either, they begged the Americans for the permission to do it and they were granted it.
Because.... You know.... What happened with the Suez Canal and all that....
That war was a clusterfuck back then when Britain actually had armed forces worthy of the name because of the Cold War. With the way they’ve let their shit go since then? If they tried they’d get humiliated live on the network news.
What is the Falklands island even like today? There is absolutely no chance of it being attacked so do they just send newbie military people there for training? Do people just party there? Can you leave the island and go to the mainland or will the locals try to kill you?
There are direct flights from Argentina and Chile, it's actually the only way to get there if you're not military. There are lots of immigrants from Chile and Saint Helena and a lot of back and forth travel between them, Falklanders also usually live in the UK for a couple of years for education
most of them go to Southampton because the Falklands government sends them there, something to do with the navy. there are only a hundred here at one time so the chances of a bong meeting one here is next to zero even if they're here. it's mostly a one way thing, they come here, we don't go there.
You do realize that we have a garrison and a fully equipped air base on the islands, there is no way the argentinans will ever be able to take it in the near future
All they have to do is try, and your Paki PM will convince the people that "war is unnecessary and colonialism should be answered for". You will 100% lose Gibraltar and the Falklands at some point, sadly.
With what carriers?
Our navy has shrunk a lot since then. Falklands is a fortress now though.
I don't think OP means against us (we're a joke) but something situationally similar.
the consequences of "Desert Storm" have been an utter tragedy for western-military brains
the west has virtually no actual useful military capability now, outside of nuclear sub threats
We have the same amount of carriers now as we had then you fucking idiot (2).
And the ones we have now are literally cutting edge, as opposed to the ones we had during the Falklands which were dated even at the time.
Usually when they have ramps they are terrible though. They look like limp micropenises
Mate our carriers are dog shit, HMS Prince of Wales basically doesn't work, and I think they wanted to sell it before it was even done anyway
What a load of shite.
Where did you read that? On here?
All new ships have teething problems.
Look at the USs newest carrier. It had 10 years of problems before they got it functioning properly.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12015337/Royal-Navy-aircraft-carrier-HMS-Prince-Wales-spent-time-getting-fixed-sea.html
One is broken and the other is being docked to take off its working piece to give to the broken one. (This will put both out of commission until complete and result in 1 "working" carrier)
Based bongs. This would happen if they had 2 Big Bongs too.
gee Muhammed, your government lets your carriers have TWO control towers?
I knew a guy who was there, he always talked about it like it was a camping trip to the woods with the boys.
most of the dead sunk in bombed ships, were no survivors so no one to talk about it. most were teenagers too so no family
full list here
https://www.forces.net/FalklandsMemorial
>camping trip to the woods
There are no trees in the Falkland Islands.
I think so, and the Royal Navy is still majority white I believe.
A lot of our infrastructure is a mess right now though. Also my friend is in the Navy at the moment and he said a massive problem is no one stays in the Navy, they all leave at their 4 year contract because the pay is shit and the good pensions are now gone so the Navy spends 4 years training people to do their job then they just leave, IE there NCO's are usually too inexperienced for the job they had. He essentially says its literally a bunch of people in their early 20's that are responsible for 90% of the ship
When did the pensions end? Let me guess when the last baby boomer retired and got his?
I can't remember when he said about the ten year mark ago or so. But yeah there's basically no incentive to stay in. Most of the deployments are shit as well, the meme of the navy going to exotic lands all the time is long gone. All of his deployments have been in the Gulf, therefore all his deployment stuck in the belly of a massive metal tub then when he get's shore leave he has to spend it in shitholes like Oman and Bahrain.
It's the money.
It's atrocious. The amount of hours you work, the amount of weekends etc. It ends up being well below minimum wage. And you pay full tax.
Meanwhile merchant seaman get paid significantly more, more time off, and often don't pay any tax.
Plus most of the qualifications you can earn are completely meaningless and not recognised in civilian world.
iirc the tender for recruitment into the forces was given to serco where they bodged it up so badly that all arms are now severely understaffed
fucking right cunt
Our military is not what it was but, given the state of the opposition, I don't think we need to worry too much.
It was a glorious and succinct act of dominance. War in the 80s was so Kino
They didn't have the balls to do it then either, they begged the Americans for the permission to do it and they were granted it.
Because.... You know.... What happened with the Suez Canal and all that....
That war was a clusterfuck back then when Britain actually had armed forces worthy of the name because of the Cold War. With the way they’ve let their shit go since then? If they tried they’d get humiliated live on the network news.
Thatcher wanted to nuke Buenos Aires, we'd probably jump straight to that option next time
Would have created millions of pic related
People like to forget while the US didn't directly help, they fed the Brits a lot of intel that probably pushed things in their favor.
This thread is celebrate bong victory, they came, they saw, they were home before fall
Why can't anglos be happy with just one shithole island?
The argentinaggers invaded it
They already own like 10 islands that nobody lives on why do they need more?
Its a jump off point to Antarctica.
Ancestral homeland of the British people
If they had another Thatcher. She the people could do it. The UK's beings problem is substandard ~~*elites*~~
Fuck auto correct/predict.
What is the Falklands island even like today? There is absolutely no chance of it being attacked so do they just send newbie military people there for training? Do people just party there? Can you leave the island and go to the mainland or will the locals try to kill you?
No they just review bomb pubs to stick it to the man. The comments are hilarious.
There are direct flights from Argentina and Chile, it's actually the only way to get there if you're not military. There are lots of immigrants from Chile and Saint Helena and a lot of back and forth travel between them, Falklanders also usually live in the UK for a couple of years for education
The bong empire was / is so legendary and based. Nothing will ever top it
Here's some article about Falklanders
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-17829911
most of them go to Southampton because the Falklands government sends them there, something to do with the navy. there are only a hundred here at one time so the chances of a bong meeting one here is next to zero even if they're here. it's mostly a one way thing, they come here, we don't go there.
Do those idiots not realize Elon Musk has an affordable service that can get them fast internet now anywhere?
>2012 bro
they are posting on here so we know they're watching tranny porn and the like now, I see their flag once a week.
Its the same flag as Australia?
it has a sheep on it
>6 gorillion sheep
>6 gorillion penguins
>three ladies
>one lucky bloke
I did 18 tours during the falkland wars when I was in the SAS doing off the book black ops
Yeah they would probably invade a country just to let in more naggers and mudslimes into their country.
You do realize that we have a garrison and a fully equipped air base on the islands, there is no way the argentinans will ever be able to take it in the near future
All they have to do is try, and your Paki PM will convince the people that "war is unnecessary and colonialism should be answered for". You will 100% lose Gibraltar and the Falklands at some point, sadly.
Only if the enemy was white. If they were deemed too brown the island would be given away.
i mean why not?our army now is even more pathethic than it was back then
>balls
maybe
>ability
no