Because of international embargoes during the Falklands ... war as the British Task Force increased pressure and bombings and more urgently it was running out of options to replace lost equipment ...

The Falklands War of 1982 ... plans for new equipment present a clear threat to the Falklands. F-16 jets, especially if supported by refueling aircraft, could compromise local British air ...

Whatever your opinion on the moral rights and wrongs of the Falklands War ... The resulting war would see British and Argentinian forces involved in the biggest naval conflict staged since ...

Falklands War Mapping Project Academics from Oxford and Glasgow universities, along with two British Army veterans are behind the venture The project is being led by Dr Timothy Clack of the ...

Falklands War veteran Tim, of St Twynnells, Pembrokeshire, describes his life up to that point as a regular young soldier "doing bits and pieces with the army". He was taking pictures at a winter ...

Even compared to the more recent aftermath of the Falklands ... of the Ukraine war suggests the 2025 figure “needs to be revisited”. He argues that the British Army now needs around 80,000 ...

Some 10,000 British troops will ... to fight Russia if the Ukraine war spreads while others are transporting equipment to Ukraine. And since the 1982 Falklands War, troops have remained on guard.

Extremists in the Argentine military planned to ... fanatics plotted to kidnap British defence secretary John Nott in the aftermath of the Falklands war, government papers suggest.

2, ordered the occupation of the Falklands. The British government under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher responded by ordering a task force to retake the islands, triggering a 72-day war that ...