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Originally posted by Admiral Yi The Belgrano was a WWII surplus heavy cruiser, with no modern ship to ship weapons systems. I don't see how it presented any threat whatsoever to the British.
Not true, it had been fully reburbed in the mid 70s and its 2 escorts both had sea exocets. I guess youve never had ofshore fire support from a cruiser, but the Argys had it from much smaller Uk guns and found it a little bit more than a threat.
I guess having the capability to sink a carrier does not qualify as a threat in your opinion then.
Originally posted by Hannibal Barca Not true, it had been fully reburbed in the mid 70s and its 2 escorts both had sea exocets. I guess youve never had ofshore fire support from a cruiser, but the Argys had it from much smaller Uk guns and found it a little bit more than a threat.
I guess having the capability to sink a carrier does not qualify as a threat in your opinion then.
Technically a man with a blowtorch qualifies as a threat to sink a carrier, but I have an extremely hard time envisioning a scenario in which the Belgrano managed to dodge British SSMs and get within gunnery range.
Originally posted by Admiral Yi Technically a man with a blowtorch qualifies as a threat to sink a carrier, but I have an extremely hard time envisioning a scenario in which the Belgrano managed to dodge British SSMs and get within gunnery range.
Belgrano was a ww2 era ship. It had armor. It was designed to take a hit or two from shells with larger warheads than SSM's had. So it could have very well been hit by a few SSM's and still managed to get into firing range.
Originally posted by Admiral Yi Technically a man with a blowtorch qualifies as a threat to sink a carrier, but I have an extremely hard time envisioning a scenario in which the Belgrano managed to dodge British SSMs and get within gunnery range.
Well she wouldn't have been attacking alone, it would have been a combined attacked by several squadrons of argentine warships with exocets and her airforce. That means the british have alot of things to shoot, before they themselves are shot. British intelligence also suspected Belgrano may have been equipt with exocets, but it was a bit late to ring the argentines and ask. she did have SAMs which would have helped protect her exocet armed destroyers as the y got into range.
