Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Brasil wins World Soccer Cup
From: S Dimitrov <sld@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 07:02:15 -0700
References: <B94542B9.478A%abridge@mac.com>

True. But didn't the role of Argentine air power keep the british navy
also as far back from the front lines? I seem to recall that when the
U.S. stepped in, it neutralized the AAF. But, as always, I'll gladly
stand corrected.
Slobodan Dimitrov

Adam Bridge wrote:
> 
> on 6/30/02 11:03 PM, S Dimitrov at sld@earthlink.net thoughtfully wrote:
> 
> > I, for one, had hoped for Argentina to win.
> > Once the U.S. chose sides with its intelligence, it was all over for
> > poor Argentina.
> > Slobodan Dimitrov
> >
> 
> It was all over for Argentina once the UK's nuclear submarine arrived on
> scene and pushed the Argentine fleet over the horizon. They couldn't
> prosecute an attack against it, it could sink vessels at will, and they
> couldn't afford to lose 5,000 more people than they already did.
> 
> Without close support the effort was doomed. A lesson many navies took to
> heart, hence the rise in small coastal diesel submarines  in the littoral
> waters of the world, and the subsequent challenge to surface fleets. The
> Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean are VERY tricky places to operate.
> 
> AB
> 
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