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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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One of the main reasons we won was our nuclear attack subs, which kept the enemy navy in harbour.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 10:59, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

The 'nuclear' refers to nuclear-powered rather than nuclear weapons-carrying.
The Polaris boats would have been kept well away from the area, although they could have hit Argentina from pretty much anywhere on the planet.
I suspect the nuclear option was just a hypothetical exercise in case things went tits-up. I'd be amazed if the mad old bag would have seriously considered it.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:15, Reply)

Read the fucking post.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:21, Reply)

you used it as an exercise in showing off that you know the difference between the propulsion system of a submarine and what comes out the top.
Christ have you never read commando
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:25, Reply)

Presumably English is your second language.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:31, Reply)

( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:33, Reply)

If you can't understand that then I recommend that you DYAAKY.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:35, Reply)

( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:38, Reply)

Perhaps you were dropped on your head as a child.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:41, Reply)

the subs were nuclear powered but armed only with normal torpedoes.
Apparently the Argentines were more worried about a conventional bombing of their capital by Vulcans than any nuclear option.
( , Fri 15 Jun 2012, 11:22, Reply)
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