ForeverYoung436, Fanger, et al,
There is much more to this story than was released from a few isolated documents.
There is a technical and tactical advantage to maintaining a dependency on the logistical trail; spare parts and long range fuel tanks needed to keep these aircraft in action against the British Task Force. There is an combat engagement advantage in keeping the Argentine dependent on their aging A-4 Skyhawk fleet. And a huge intelligence advantage if Argentina were to have bought reconnaissance aircraft designed to gather electronic and signals intelligence (ELINT/SIGINT). Countries all over the world pay big money to understand the capabilities and limitations of such systems. In this case, the UK was about to have this handed to them at no expense. (Some of this you can figure-out yourself if you ask the right interrogatives.)
Although at first glance, it may sound like Israeli was providing aid to an enemy of our ally, that is not totally correct. Any more than the fact that Major-General Sir Frederic Glubb (Pasha) (and staff), provided the leadership and guidance necessary, in the 1948/49 Israeli War of Independence, for the Arab Legion to achieve critical goals and objectives in the occupation of selected territory.
Most Respectfully,
R
There is much more to this story than was released from a few isolated documents.
(COMMENT)1) Why dredge up something that happened eons ago? Do you spend all your time scouring the bowels of the Internet for anti-Israel stories?
2) Even if true, what's so shameful about it? The Falklands are right off the coast of Argentina, who wanted to liberate the islands. Israel showed no disloyalty to Britain because they were never the best of friends. The Jews had to fight Britain to gain independence.
There is a technical and tactical advantage to maintaining a dependency on the logistical trail; spare parts and long range fuel tanks needed to keep these aircraft in action against the British Task Force. There is an combat engagement advantage in keeping the Argentine dependent on their aging A-4 Skyhawk fleet. And a huge intelligence advantage if Argentina were to have bought reconnaissance aircraft designed to gather electronic and signals intelligence (ELINT/SIGINT). Countries all over the world pay big money to understand the capabilities and limitations of such systems. In this case, the UK was about to have this handed to them at no expense. (Some of this you can figure-out yourself if you ask the right interrogatives.)
Although at first glance, it may sound like Israeli was providing aid to an enemy of our ally, that is not totally correct. Any more than the fact that Major-General Sir Frederic Glubb (Pasha) (and staff), provided the leadership and guidance necessary, in the 1948/49 Israeli War of Independence, for the Arab Legion to achieve critical goals and objectives in the occupation of selected territory.
Most Respectfully,
R