Marti Llazo
@43 As others have observed, the nick Marti Llazo is a play on words. Look up the meaning of martillazo. There are lots of Brits (and Kiwis and Ozzies and Canucks and all manner of odd sorts) living...
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#42 As to ambiguity.... It wasn't winter yet. Down here, you know when it's winter. And the war was not fought in our winter. Using a Spanish sounding name and saying down here and our winter gave a...
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@40 - minor point: please don't say "your" and imply that I am argento. I am a mere observer and [ insert current occupation here ] in this country. But the proximity and the previous military career...
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As a military and a country, they should be ashamed of a miltary sneak attack and occupation of a peaceful civilian community, and then abusing the families and their homes. Excuses are shallow. Far...
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#39 The sidewinders were to take out your 707's if encountered. Read this ! pprune.org/military-aviation/456928-raf-nimrod-argentine-b707-encounter-falklands-war.html No one is saying that the Nimrod...
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#38 ... some C-130's could have been converted to tankers and fly in a race track pattern midway between Argentina and the Falklands....." =========> The available C-130s were already over-tasked....
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#38 With a little foresight, some C-130's could have been converted to tankers and fly in a race track pattern midway between Argentina and the Falklands. This would have enabled refueling on outward...
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@36 (1) We hear a lot lot from the Argentinians that it was the AIML Sidewinders that “won the air battle” for the UK ... (2) Let's see. Yes, they came from their territory and overflew the Falklands...
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#34 At the start of hostilities, the Cabinet were told that we would certainly lose some ships. The frigates and destroyers were put in harm's way to protect the carriers and troop transports. They...
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@34 There was never any "green light" for the Argentine military government to invade the islands. The existence of preliminary talks does not give one the right to an illegal armed invasion of a...
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#33 You are probably more knowledgeable than me about the air aspect, I served on a destroyer, so what I recall about the campaign is pretty much based on what the officers and senior ratings later...
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#31 Yes the Argentinian pilots were skilled fliers and brave men BUT they were not tactically trained to a high enough degree. I have quoted this USAF General who said, just before the hostilities...
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@31 Yes, we can always speculate about alternative outcomes. Like, what if the site of the former Pink House were still glowing and where Rosario used to be reduced to being a glassy parking-lot for...
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What cannot be disputed is that the FAA pilots were both highly skilled, trained and motivated. There is a lot of nonsense being posted here about how they basically got their backsides kicked, nothing...
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According to the discovery channel, Hitler escaped to Argentina after all, was protected and looked after by the argy government at the time, probably dead now. so they say.
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@27 ChrisR, the Argento dialect and its development are intriguing. One of the most important factors is Lunfardo, which started out as a sort of underworld argot in part of the greater Buenos Aires...
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@ 18 Marti Llazo "It is interesting to understand the meaning of “glory” in the Argento dialect. Far from the predictable translation, it actually signifies “a massive cockup in which we failed in so...
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Well ,we said goodbye to the Vulcan recently. An aircraft so far ahead of it's time that nothing could catch it. It was years before the Soviets had a missile which could intercept it. Their fighters...
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