Falklands War/Related Articles

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Parent topics

• Argentina [r]: Second largest South American country; speaks Spanish. ^[e]
• Amphibious warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-air warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description (AAW)
• Anti-submarine warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description (ASW)
• Anti-surface warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description (ASuW)
• Power projection [r]: The capability to deploy military forces, even if limited to air and special operations, on short notice over intercontinental ranges ^[e]
• Royal Navy [r]: By long naval tradition, when there is no qualifier but "Royal", the navy being discussed is that of the United Kingdom. ^[e]
• United Kingdom [r]: Constitutional monarchy which includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ^[e]

Subtopics

British

Warships

• Type 21-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • HMS Antelope [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • HMS Ardent [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Type 22-class [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Type 42-class [r]: British destroyer class, optimized for anti-air warfare, some of which were sunk and some of which were a key part of the fleet defense in the Falklands War ^[e]
  • HMS Sheffield [r]: British destroyer, a Type 42-class optimized for anti-air warfare, sunk by an Argentinean Exocet anti-shipping missile during the Falklands War while in an outer air defense ring protecting the task force ^[e]

Amphibious

• RFA Sir Tristram [r]: Add brief definition or description
• RFA Sir Galahad [r]: Add brief definition or description

=Support

• Ships Taken Up From Trade [r]: A British practice, used extensively during the Falklands War, of chartering civilian ships to provide additional military sealift ^[e]
  • MV Atlantic Conveyor [r]: Commercial U.K. trasport ship, sunk during the Falklands War by an Argentinean Exocet anti-shipping missile, while carrying all but one of the task force's heavy helicopters ^[e]

• Landing Ship Logistic [r]: Add brief definition or description

Argentinian

• ARA General Belgrano [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Ascension Island [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Airborne early warning [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Exocet [r]: Add brief definition or description
• BAE Sea Harrier [r]: Add brief definition or description
• AIM-9 Sidewinder [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Avro Vulcan [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Royal Marine Commando [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Penguin [r]: Add brief definition or description