Falkland Base and the malvinas cloud

Sun Jun 15, 2003 7:53 pm by freighter fighter

i forget the system they are in, but thats beside the points

malvinas is the argentinian name for the falkland islands which are a british colony

you probably dont know/care but this might interest you:

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/cmacke ... lkland.htm

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:04 pm by Tawakalna

I noticed that myself while trolling through Tau-37 (for that is the system) What a nerve, using the name Malvinas! It's amusing in a way, but I feel like playing a mod in which you can fly Harriers and spong Nomad-Argies!

21 years ago this year, btw. Doesn't time fly? I was just 18 and signing up for me 2 years then...

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:27 pm by Chandrasekhar Limit

Well, at least they didn't just name the whole place Malvinas... If that's the case then you know which side the programmers are biased toward.

Argentines as Nomads? Naw... Corsairs and Outcasts. Notice they all got Spanish names heh heh..

Too bad the Bretonian fighters come nowhere near matching the Corsair or Outcast fighters... Definitely nothing like the Harriers vs. Mirage/Skyhawk duels in 1981 (and none of the FL missiles perform anywhere near the AIM-9L Sidewinder on the Harriers!)

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:27 pm by freighter fighter

yeah, they have the nerve of invading OUR territory and claiming it was theres... did you see the world cup as well, especially when we beat the argies at football? the only person better than him for denying it happened it comical ali.

http://www.welovetheiraqiinformationminister.com/

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:29 pm by freighter fighter

Harriers kick arse, fl ships dont, infact they often kick atmosphere more than pirate arse

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:48 pm by Chandrasekhar Limit

Quite. One wonders if the Bretonian Admiralty suffers from budget cutbacks as much as the real thing does today.

Still, things are looking up if Her Majesty's Navy is indeed going forward with the CVF and Type-45 projects, and hopefully a whole slew of JSFs to boot!

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:48 pm by Tawakalna

well yeah I originally thought of Corsairs and Outcasts as Argies with them speaking the same language etc. but I like the Corsairs and Outcasts and I don't like the Nomads even though obviously they are a lot tougher than any Argentinians!

Sun Jun 15, 2003 11:53 pm by freighter fighter

America didnt want a fight, what a differnce 20 years makes eh?

Mon Jun 16, 2003 1:02 am by Com_Trooper

Heh, I noticed the Falkland/Malvinas thing too. Sorry to the Brits who feel otherwise, but as far as RL is concerned, if I had to lean towards which country the islands belong to I would have to say Argentina. It is just off their coastline afterall

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Although seeing how I'm living in the American Empire perhaps I should keep my hypocracy in check

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Mon Jun 16, 2003 1:15 am by Maverickdan

There our island's we got ther first, stoopid argies came, we got pissed off and kicked there arse all the the way back home, (granted thts not very far).

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Mon Jun 16, 2003 7:26 am by freighter fighter

cuba and the west indies are off the coast of america, so does that mean they belong to america as well?-

Mon Jun 16, 2003 9:22 am by Fear Factor

Stop the political discussions. You're risking a lock.

Mon Jun 16, 2003 9:24 am by freighter fighter

how can it be poilitical when nobody outside of england or argentina has heard of the conflict, much less cares about it?

Mon Jun 16, 2003 9:40 am by Tawakalna

I got the Falklands expansion for CF3 and spent some happy hours blowing up Mirages, Skyhawks, and Etendards. I tried to play the Argies but when it came to unloading Exocets onto British ships, well, I just couldn't do it. So I turned round and found some Argie targets to hit.

Mon Jun 16, 2003 10:45 am by Chandrasekhar Limit

Say, I wonder how hard is it to create mods or scenarios for CFS3?

It would be interesting to war-game a Falklands scenario in which the RN still has the old Ark Royal and her Fleet Air Arm Phantoms-- And see if any British ships would have been lost if that was the case.

Back to FL... A fight between Bretonia and the Outcasts over Tau-37. That would be something I'd love to see.

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