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==Falklands War== ...tion using conventional bombs, the British "BLACK BUCK" raids during the [[Falklands War]] were effective, again for a specific objective.

In the [[Falklands War]], SBS would most often deploy from [[submarine]]s while SAS would infiltra

...rations. It was also important in operations far from bases, such as the [[Falklands War]] as conducted by the [[Royal Navy]], which calls it '''replenishment at se

...ast major ground combat in which it fought without other nations was the [[Falklands War]], but it had a major role in the [[Gulf War]] as well as in peacekeeping o

...th give and receive fuel. For extremely long-range operations, as in the [[Falklands War]], a group of tankers may start off a mission, with some tankers being refu

As demonstrated in the [[Falklands War]], they have the facilities to be a task force [[flagship]]. They can also

...carried in Batches 1 and 2, and 40 in Batch 3. Sea Dart, as found in the [[Falklands War]], was not effective against low-flying targets. In that war, high-low thre

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...p commanders determine if operations are, or are not, possible. During the Falklands War, British special operations helicopters missions failed due to "white-out"

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...ding Ships Logistic (LSL) such as the ''RFA Sir Galahad'' (sunk during the Falklands War) and ''RFA Sir Tristram'' (damaged but rebuilt). These ships were originall

...to a territorial dispute between the UK and Argentina, which led to the [[Falklands War]] in 1982. Argentina, at the time under the military [[junta]] of General [

Sea Harriers had a decisive air superiority role in the [[Falklands War]]; a large part of their effectiveness was due to their [[AIM-9 Sidewinder|

...orpedoes from a nuclear-powered [[submarine]], ''HMS Conqueror'', in the [[Falklands War]].

==1980s Falklands War SIGINT== During the [[Falklands War]] in 1982, Argentina used Boeing 707s, with visual reconnaissance capabilit

...the world. Even with the great tradition of the [[Royal Navy]], the 1982 [[Falklands War]] was a surprise when Britain fought the largest naval and amphibious opera

...accounts of penguins being frightened by aeroplanes can be traced to the [[Falklands War]] between the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Argentina]] in 1982. During that tim

...e a critical role in detecting low-flying cruise missiles. During the 1982 Falklands War, ships did not have enough warning, from the limited radar horizon of ship

In 1982, Argentina started the [[Falklands War]], to established what it considered its natural and historic authority ove ...force for internal control rather than dealing with external issues; the [[Falklands War]] was an anomaly.

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...ration using conventional bombs, the British "BLACK BUCK" raids during the Falklands War were effective, again for a specific objective. The most effective large-sc

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...S Triton'' sank fellow Royal Navy submarine ''HMS Oxley'' and, in the 1982 Falklands War, ''HMS Cardiff'' shot down a friendly Gazelle helicopter."<ref name=AT2007-

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...d to us another transformation in naval warfare. Both World Wars and the [[Falklands War]] have shown that ships built for the sole purpose of firing guns at long r

* Boyce, D. George. ''The Falklands War.'' Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 246 pp.

...e.<ref name=Martinson1984 /> It is worth noting that Argentina, during the Falklands War, used Super Etendards to deliver its five air-launched Exocet missiles, sin

...ntic Conveyor'', the Chinook was essential to the U.K. operations in the [[Falklands War]].

...ask Force#Marine Amphibious Unit|Marine Amphibious Unit (MEU)]]. In the [[Falklands War]], U.K. forces, lacking a full CTOL carrier, used a formation that employed ...bility of a carrier battle between Argentinian and British forces in the [[Falklands War]], but the Argentinian carrier returned to port. Argentine Navy aircraft, h

..., sank the Argentinian [[cruiser]], [[ARA General Belgrano]], during the [[Falklands War]]. This has been the only sinking of a naval vessel by a nuclear submarine,

...favor of a ship that had been attacked by Argentine aircraft during the [[Falklands War]]. While this was not an explicit human rights case, it added to the body o

...r II)|attack on Pearl Harbor]], was transferred to Argentina. During the [[Falklands War]], ''ARA General Belgrano'', veteran of Pearl Harbor, did not survive the t

Different navies give their destroyers different priorities. The Falklands War demonstrated both the need for strong defense against even relatively low-p Also during the Falklands War, the British were concerned with the elderly, but still armored and armed w

===1980s Falklands War SIGINT===

===1980s Falklands War SIGINT=== During the [[Falklands War]] in 1982, Argentina used Boeing 707s, with visual reconnaissance capabilit

1982 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[Falklands War]].

...to technology, especially if air superiority is contested, such as in the Falklands War.

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...; indeed the last war in which the British military fought alone was the [[Falklands War]] of 1982, with full-scale combat operations lasting almost three months.