Britain Could Not Reclaim The Falklands If Argentina Invades, Warns General Sir Michael Jackson -- The Telegraph
The Falklands will be lost forever if Argentina invades again, one of Britain's senior military figures has warned.
In an interview with The Sunday Telegraph, the former head of the army, General Sir Michael Jackson, says defence cuts have made it "impossible" to win the islands back after a successful invasion, in the way the British task force did in 1982.
"What if an Argentinian force was able to secure the Mount Pleasant airfield? Then our ability to recover the islands now would be just about impossible," says General Jackson, who was Chief of the General Staff until five years ago and led the army into Iraq.
"We are not in a position to take air power by sea since the demise of the Harrier force."
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My Comment: Fortunately for the Falklanders, the Argentinians have a military that will have trouble mounting such an invasion and overcoming the British forces that are already based on the island.
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