Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 400 miles isn't that close. With that rational then The faroe Islands should be ours...hell why not even Iceland as well? :laugh: .. well thats one way to look at it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,they are however 250 miles from, the argies not 400,,,, but how far are they from us??? Looks like 400 on google map. The thing is no one wanted it when every country in the world was colonising and expanding, we settled people and built an infrastructure. Now oil has been found the Argies fancy a piece of the pie again. Yep it's miles away from the UK but was colonized when we were a huge sea faring nation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 If I remember right it was given to the British,by some king many years ago.cant be arsed looking up to see what king it was lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 look i agree with you all, 100% its ours but evrybody is coming up with the standard answers,, apart from the question,, if the boot was on the other foot, and they had one of our local isands??? The Falklands aren't even in Argentinian territorial waters Tomo. Argentina has never had any claim to the islands, or even historical links. They have never owned them. Their only claim to them is that they are the nearest country to them. I wouldn't worry about any Argy intentions towards the islands though, even though we are stretched to the max. We still have the worlds second most powerful blue water navy, & there is a full squadron of Eurofighters, 1000 troops & at least one of these brand spanking new babies stationed there: http://en.wikipedia....pe_45_destroyer ..plus we now have some of the worlds most advanced subs capable of deploying special forces any where they want on the prowl... http://en.wikipedia....class_submarine Yep they have to pass through international waters to get to the Falkland Islands. I'd be quite interested to see what kind of mess a couple of Apache helicopters makes of their ground forces and Amour. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 23,657 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 i agree with evrybodys coments,, our lads died for that place 3o years back........................however,, its always supriced me that we do own it,, i think its mad,, its just like them owning sky,, or any island of our shores.. of course the inhabatants want to stay british.........they are brits that settled there,, so that goes with out saying realy... should we fight for it,,,, well yes,,,, but in all honesty i dont think it should be ours Tomo, the Falklands are 290 mile from the Argentine coast....Skye is joined to the British mainland by a bridge !! I understand what you mean, but it wasn't a very good anology !! LOL !! Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 look i agree with you all, 100% its ours but evrybody is coming up with the standard answers,, apart from the question,, if the boot was on the other foot, and they had one of our local isands??? The Falklands aren't even in Argentinian territorial waters Tomo. Argentina has never had any claim to the islands, or even historical links. They have never owned them. Their only claim to them is that they are the nearest country to them. I wouldn't worry about any Argy intentions towards the islands though, even though we are stretched to the max. We still have the worlds second most powerful blue water navy, & there is a full squadron of Eurofighters, 1000 troops & at least one of these brand spanking new babies stationed there: http://en.wikipedia....pe_45_destroyer ..plus we now have some of the worlds most advanced subs capable of deploying special forces any where they want on the prowl... http://en.wikipedia....class_submarine Yep they have to pass through international waters to get to the Falkland Islands. I'd be quite interested to see what kind of mess a couple of Apache helicopters makes of their ground forces and Amour. They'd have a job getting their troops and armour to the islands seeing as they scrapped the only troop carrier they ever had a few years back. People shouldn't underestimate our own armed forces. We're drastically cutting numbers but at the same time we've got more firepower & more advanced weaponry at our disposal now than we've ever had.. ..a few aircraft carriers wouldn't go amiss though, going to be a long wait for the QE class carriers and even longer for the JSF's to fly from them.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scothunter 12,609 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 We could give them a good hiding with a few drones and a laptop 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxfan 479 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 We cant even keep Britain British, let alone the Falklands ! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,195 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 i agree with evrybodys coments,, our lads died for that place 3o years back........................however,, its always supriced me that we do own it,, i think its mad,, its just like them owning sky,, or any island of our shores.. of course the inhabatants want to stay british.........they are brits that settled there,, so that goes with out saying realy... should we fight for it,,,, well yes,,,, but in all honesty i dont think it should be ours Tomo, the Falklands are 290 mile from the Argentine coast....Skye is joined to the British mainland by a bridge !! I understand what you mean, but it wasn't a very good anology !! LOL !! Cheers. alright 290,, buts 250 nautical miles ,,, perhaps i should have said shetland,,,,, just read up on wikedpidea,,, we actualy kicked out the argies in 1833,,, sounds about right for us ,,, ile put a link up,, looks like alot of twoing and frowing btween us the spanish, french, portuguise, ect evry single one of you think there ours for the same reason as me,,, " cos they are , and feck the argies" scroll down to history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PoshPikey 560 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I think we should sell it to the highest bidder along with gibralter. Not disrespecting those who fought for it but I can't see the point in retaining it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,707 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I think we should sell it to the highest bidder along with gibralter. Not disrespecting those who fought for it but I can't see the point in retaining it. we will retain it there is to much oil down there in the s atlantic to give it up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PoshPikey 560 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Good point but it would clear our debt problems Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 dont think its because of the islands themselves as antarctica will end up being exploited in future then we will have a claim to the resources there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
craigyboy 1,274 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 the islanders wish is to remain being a part of britain, and if the argies try and stop that, then we should kick their arses again some idiots on the news are saying that a war would, in the future stop us trading with argentina i for one can live without fray bentos 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dtw 42 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I fought there before and would do so again if young enough, the islanders are more British and patriotic than all the so called migrants now living in this country and how much do they cost us all. If we weren't paying for half of Europe to live here we may still have the armed forces to do something if the argies ever fancied their chances. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
derbylad1 293 Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 They can't kick off again..they're too skint. Their economy is f****d!!! they want because of the billions of barrels of oil surrounding it. I've served in the Falklands in 1992 and its a gorgeous place apart from no rabbits, and the women go from 13 to 50 years of age....none in between. too much inbreeding for my liking. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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