Argentine Minister Timerman making these claims is really clutching at straws. Of course a nuclear powered submarine deploys on a regular basis to the
South Atlantic, but this will be an SSN not an SSBN and it is not nuclear armed. Why on earth would an SSBN be deployed near Argentina? An SSBNs
missiles could strike Argentina from thousands of miles away. The concept is ludicrous as the UK is not going to launch SLBMs at Argentina even if she
invaded the Falklands. Timerman is relying on Argentine Military Intelligence for his information and is being made to look like an idiot by simply
being presented with a script and reading from it. Take a look at the video and watch the power point presentation of the 'evidence'
For starters the block/batch of Eurofighter Typhoons in the Falkland have an austere bombing capability. The later blocks/batch of Typhoons used in
Libya have the most up to date capability. It will be a few years yet before the 4 Typhoons in the Falkands are returned to the UK to be given the
full air-to-ground package. They can at best if pressed carry dumb bombs, but are purely based there as fighter aircraft armed with air-to-air
missiles.
Timerman has obviously been given this script to read and it is not really his fault as he clearly knows nothing in regards to the military. The
compiler from Argentine Military Intelligence is to blame here for making him look like an idiot.
Taurus missiles at the 06:56 mark.
The RAF does not use the Taurus missile. The Argentine Military researcher has simply lifted the image from Wiki. If he/she had simply scrolled down
they would see that the UK does not use Taurus. Not even the Storm Shadow cruise missile is used by RAF Typhoons. The carrier of the Storm Shadow in
the RAF is the Tornado GR4. It will be at least 5-7 years before Storm Shadow is deployed on Typhoons. Even the basic military enthusiast knows that
the UK does not use Taurus missiles.
en.wikipedia.org...
Obviously the Argentine military is into conspiracy theories.
The Argentine Foreign Minister points out the HF radar at 07:56 in the video.
The HF radar is located at Goose Green and is NOT military. It is laughable that Timerman was presented with this 'evidence' by Argentine Military
Intelligence!
The Falklands radar is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The radar is collaboration between the University of Leicester
which supplied the masts, and BAS, which provided the electronic equipment. “The electronics come from a long-established BAS radar station which is
currently being moved and rebuilt because it’s on an ice shelf which is slipping into the sea,” explains Dr Milan. “When the equipment came back
to the UK for refurbishment, we realized that we could combine it with a spare set of antennas and temporarily establish a station on the
Falklands.” The radar station was built with the aid of engineers from Leicester and BAS over several weeks at the start of this year and went
operational on 14 February. It is based at Goose Green, a remote community which was the site of a famous battle during the 1982 Falklands
conflict.
en.mercopress.com...
The radar joins the SuperDARN network and the data is made available on the internet.
What is SuperDARN
SuperDARN stands for Super Dual Auroral Radar Network. This network consists of over 20 radars operating on frequencies between 8 and 20 MHz and
looking into the polar regions of the Earth. These radars can measure the position and velocity of charged particles in the Earth's ionosphere, the
highest layer of the Earth's atmosphere. Because the movements of these particles are tied to the movements of the Earth's magnetic field which, in
turn, extends into space, SuperDARN data provides scientists with information regarding the Earth's interaction with the space environment. SuperDARN
is an international collaboration involving scientists and funding agencies of over a dozen countries ......
More info at following link
superdarn.jhuapl.edu...
There is also another SuperDARN radar operated in the Falklands and funded by the US as part on the international civilian project.
superdarn.jhuapl.edu...
Getting Data
superdarn.jhuapl.edu...
