Letters to the Editor

摘要

The decommissioning of a UK FAA capability by a UK Government is invariably followed in short order by a national maritime task arising for which the cancelled capability was specifically designed. The decommisioning of Eagle and Ark Royal in the late 70's under Labour was followed by the Falklands invasion and may have been a significant factor in precipitating it. The decision to announce the withdraw of the Ice Patrol Ship HMS Endurance in 1982, when her political significance in the South Atlantic was obvious to all except the accountants in Whitehall, was the final green light for the Argentinean Junta.