Falklands War/Related Articles

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Argentina [r]: Second largest South American country; speaks Spanish. ^[e]
Amphibious warfare [r]: The set of techniques, equipment, specialized units, and methods of training needed to move troops across water, and deliver them to land, ready for immediate combat. ^[e]
Anti-air warfare [r]: In the context of naval warfare, the mission of defending against aircraft and missiles, from platforms under naval command and control, possibly in coordination with other services and possibly defending land as well as sea areas. ^[e] (AAW)
Anti-submarine warfare [r]: (ASW) In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking underwater vessels, from platforms under naval command and control. ^[e] (ASW)
Anti-surface warfare [r]: (ASuW) In the context of naval warfare, the mission of attacking surface vessels, from small boats to supertankers and aircraft carriers, from platforms under naval command and control ^[e] (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]

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]

ARA General Belgrano [r]: Argentinean light cruiser, ex-USS Phoenix, sunk by U.K. submarine HMS Conqueror during the Falklands War ^[e]