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471 relations: Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma, Aerial reconnaissance, Aerial refueling, AGM-45 Shrike, AIM-9 Sidewinder, Air superiority fighter, Air-to-air missile, Air-to-surface missile, Airborne early warning and control, Ajax Bay, Aldo Rico, Alexander Haig, Algeciras, Amateur radio, Amphibious Commandos Group, Amphibious transport dock, Amphibious warfare, Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, Anthony Parsons, Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-radiation missile, Anti-ship missile, ARA General Belgrano, ARA Narwal, ARA Santa Fe (S-21), Argentina, Argentina–United Kingdom relations, Argentine Air Force, Argentine air forces in the Falklands War, Argentine Army, Argentine Marines, Argentine Military Cemetery, Argentine National Gendarmerie, Argentine Naval Prefecture, Argentine Navy, Argentine surrender in the Falklands War, Arica, Armed Forces Memorial, Arthur L. Herman, Ascension Island, Assault Amphibious Vehicle, Atlantic Ocean, Attack aircraft, Avro Vulcan, Azores, Banjul, Basilio Lami Dozo, Battle of Mount Harriet, Battle of Mount Longdon, Battle of Mount Tumbledown, ... Expand index (421 more) »
- 1982 in Argentina
- 1982 in the Falkland Islands
- 1982 in the United Kingdom
- Anti-British sentiment
- Argentina–United Kingdom military relations
- Blockades
- Conflicts in 1982
- Invasions by Argentina
- Invasions of the United Kingdom
- Territorial disputes of Argentina
- Territorial disputes of the United Kingdom
- Wars involving Argentina
Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma
The Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma is a four-bladed, twin-engined medium transport/utility helicopter designed and originally produced by the French aerospace manufacturer Sud Aviation.
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Aerial reconnaissance
Aerial reconnaissance is reconnaissance for a military or strategic purpose that is conducted using reconnaissance aircraft.
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Aerial refueling
Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring aviation fuel from one aircraft (the tanker) to another (the receiver) while both aircraft are in flight.
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AGM-45 Shrike
AGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar.
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AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder ("AIM" for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile.
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Air superiority fighter
An air superiority fighter (also styled air-superiority fighter) is a fighter aircraft designed to seize control of enemy airspace by establishing tactical dominance (air superiority) over the opposing air force.
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Air-to-air missile
Python family of AAM for comparisons, Python-5 (displayed lower-front) and Shafrir-1 (upper-back) An air-to-air missile (AAM) is a missile fired from an aircraft for the purpose of destroying another aircraft (including unmanned aircraft such as cruise missiles).
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Air-to-surface missile
An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea.
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Airborne early warning and control
An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack aircraft.
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Ajax Bay
Ajax Bay is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands.
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Aldo Rico
Aldo Rico (born 4 March 1943) is an Argentine retired Lieutenant Colonel and politician, famous for his role in the episodes of 1987 (usually referred to as "Semana Santa", or Easter week) and 1988 (the "Monte Caseros" mutiny) where sectors of the Armed Forces, known as carapintadas ("painted faces", due to their facial camouflage), revolted to protest the policies of President Raúl Alfonsín.
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Alexander Haig
Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (December 2, 1924February 20, 2010) was United States Secretary of State under president Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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Algeciras
Algeciras is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Cádiz, Andalusia.
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Amateur radio
Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, is the use of the radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communications.
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Amphibious Commandos Group
The Amphibious Commandos Group (Agrupación de Comandos Anfibios, APCA) is a special operations force of the Argentine Marine Corps.
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Amphibious transport dock
An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
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Amphibious warfare
Amphibious warfare is a type of offensive military operation that today uses naval ships to project ground and air power onto a hostile or potentially hostile shore at a designated landing beach.
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Anglo-Portuguese Alliance
The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance (or Aliança Luso-Inglesa, "Luso-English Alliance") is the oldest alliance that is still in force by political bilateral agreement.
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Anthony Parsons
Sir Anthony Derrick Parsons (9 September 1922 – 12 August 1996) was a British diplomat, ambassador to Iran at the time of the Iranian Revolution and Permanent Representative to the UN at the time of the Falklands War.
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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).
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Anti-radiation missile
An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source.
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Anti-ship missile
An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.
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ARA General Belgrano
ARA General Belgrano (C-4) was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982.
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ARA Narwal
ARA Narwal was an Argentinian fishing trawler, equipped for ELINT purposes during the Falklands War and captained by Asterio Wagata.
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ARA Santa Fe (S-21)
ARA Santa Fe was an Argentine that was lost during the Falklands War.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
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Argentina–United Kingdom relations
Foreign relations between the Argentine Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have existed for over two centuries.
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Argentine Air Force
The Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic.
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Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
This article describes the composition and actions of the Argentine air forces in the Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas), which comprised units of the Air Force, Army, Navy and other services. Falklands War and Argentine air forces in the Falklands War are 1982 in the Falkland Islands.
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Argentine Army
The Argentine Army (Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina.
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Argentine Marines
The Naval Infantry Command (Comando de la Infantería de Marina, COIM), also known as the Naval Infantry of the Navy of the Argentine Republic (Infantería de Marina de la Armada de la República Argentina, IMARA) and generally referred to in English as the Argentine marines, are the amphibious warfare branch of the Argentine Navy and one of its four operational commands.
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Argentine Military Cemetery
The Argentine Military Cemetery, Cementerio de Darwin (Darwin Cemetery), is a military cemetery on East Falkland that holds the remains of 236 Argentine combatants killed during the 1982 Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas).
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Argentine National Gendarmerie
The Argentine National Gendarmerie (Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, GNA) is the national gendarmerie force and corps of border guards of the Argentine Republic.
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Argentine Naval Prefecture
The Argentine Naval Prefecture (Prefectura Naval Argentina or PNA) is a service of Argentina's Security Ministry charged with protecting the country's rivers and maritime territory.
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Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; Armada de la República Argentina).
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Argentine surrender in the Falklands War
The last stage of the Falklands War was the surrender of the Argentine Governor at Port Stanley.
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Arica
Arica is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region.
Armed Forces Memorial
The Armed Forces Memorial is a national memorial in the United Kingdom, dedicated to the 16,000 servicemen and women of the British Armed Forces killed on duty or through terrorist action since after the Second World War.
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Arthur L. Herman
Arthur L. Herman (born 1956) is an American popular historian.
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Ascension Island
Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Assault Amphibious Vehicle
The Assault Amphibious Vehicle (AAV)—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)—is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously by United Defense, a former division of FMC Corporation).
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.
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Attack aircraft
An attack aircraft, strike aircraft, or attack bomber is a tactical military aircraft that has a primary role of carrying out airstrikes with greater precision than bombers, and is prepared to encounter strong low-level air defenses while pressing the attack.
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Avro Vulcan
The Avro Vulcan (later Hawker Siddeley Vulcan from July 1963) is a jet-powered, tailless, delta-wing, high-altitude, strategic bomber, which was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 1956 until 1984.
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Azores
The Azores (Açores), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores (Região Autónoma dos Açores), is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (along with Madeira).
Banjul
Banjul ((US) and), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital of The Gambia.
Basilio Lami Dozo
Basilio Arturo Ignacio Lami Dozo (1 February 1929 – 1 February 2017) was an Argentine Brigadier General and a member of the Argentine Air Force.
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Battle of Mount Harriet
The Battle of Mount Harriet was an engagement of the Falklands War, which took place on the night of 11/12 June 1982 between British and Argentine forces. Falklands War and Battle of Mount Harriet are 1982 in the Falkland Islands and conflicts in 1982.
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Battle of Mount Longdon
The Battle of Mount Longdon was fought between the British 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment and elements of the Argentine 7th Infantry Regiment on 11–12 June 1982, towards the end of the Falklands War. Falklands War and Battle of Mount Longdon are 1982 in the Falkland Islands and conflicts in 1982.
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Battle of Mount Tumbledown
The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement during the Falklands War.
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Battle of the Falkland Islands
The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic.
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Battle of Two Sisters
The Battle of Two Sisters was an engagement of the Falklands War during the British advance towards the capital, Port Stanley. Falklands War and Battle of Two Sisters are conflicts in 1982.
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Battle of Wireless Ridge
The Battle of Wireless Ridge was an engagement of the Falklands War which took place on the night from 13 to 14 June 1982, between British and Argentine forces during the advance towards the Argentine-occupied capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is an international broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC.
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Beagle Channel
Beagle Channel (Yahgan: Onašaga) is a strait in the Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, on the extreme southern tip of South America between Chile and Argentina.
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Beagle conflict
The Beagle conflict was a border dispute between Chile and Argentina over the possession of Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands and the scope of the maritime jurisdiction associated with those islands that brought the countries to the brink of war in 1978. Falklands War and Beagle conflict are Territorial disputes of Argentina.
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Beechcraft T-34 Mentor
The Beechcraft T-34 Mentor is an American propeller-driven, single-engined, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza.
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Belize
Belize (Bileez) is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America.
Blowpipe (missile)
The Shorts Blowpipe is a man-portable (MANPADS) surface-to-air missile that was in use with the British Army and Royal Marines from 1975 to 1985.
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Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos
Blue Beach Military Cemetery at San Carlos is a British war cemetery in the Falkland Islands holding the remains of 14 of the 255 British casualties killed during the Falklands War in 1982, and one other killed in early 1984.
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Blues and Royals
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.
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Bluff Cove
Bluff Cove (Bahía Agradable or Hoya Fitzroy) is a sea inlet and settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on its east coast.
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Bluff Cove air attacks
The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. Falklands War and Bluff Cove air attacks are 1982 in the Falkland Islands.
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Body bag
A body bag, also known as a cadaver pouch or human remains pouch (HRP), is a non-porous bag designed to contain a human body, used for the storage and transportation of shrouded corpses.
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Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Boeing Chinook (UK variants)
The Boeing Chinook is a large, tandem rotor helicopter operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Brasília
Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District, located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region.
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Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.
Brigade of Gurkhas
Brigade of Gurkhas is the collective name which refers to all the units in the British Army that are composed of Nepalese Gurkha soldiers.
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Brigadier
Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country.
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British Aerospace Sea Harrier
The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft.
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British ground forces in the Falklands War
This is a list of British ground forces in the Falklands War. Falklands War and British ground forces in the Falklands War are 1982 in the Falkland Islands.
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British naval forces in the Falklands War
This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War, often referred to as "the Task Force" in the context of the war. Falklands War and British naval forces in the Falklands War are 1982 in the Falkland Islands.
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British nuclear weapons and the Falklands War
The British government did not seriously consider using its nuclear weapons during the 1982 Falklands War.
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British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.
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Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
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Ceasefire
A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions, often due to mediation by a third party.
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Censorship
Censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information.
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Charles Haughey
Charles James Haughey (16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who led four governments as Taoiseach: December 1979 to June 1981, March to December 1982, March 1987 to June 1989, and June 1989 to February 1992.
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Charles Hernu
Eugène Charles Hernu (3 July 1923 – 17 January 1990) was a French socialist politician.
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Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham
Charles Hilary Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham (born 31 October 1956) is an English journalist and a former editor of The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator and The Sunday Telegraph; he still writes for all three.
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Charly García
Carlos Alberto García Moreno (born October 23, 1951), better known by his stage name Charly García, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer, considered one of the most important and avant-garde figures of Argentine and Latin American music.
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Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
Chilean Air Force
The Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile (FACh) is the air force of Chile and branch of the Chilean military.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Civil Guard (Spain)
The Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) is one of the two national law enforcement agencies of Spain.
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Clarín (Argentine newspaper)
Clarín is the largest newspaper in Argentina and the second most circulated in the Spanish-speaking world.
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Close air support
In military tactics, close air support (CAS) is defined as aerial warfare actions—often air-to-ground actions such as strafes or airstrikes—by military aircraft against hostile targets in close proximity to friendly forces.
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Close-in weapon system
A close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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Combat air patrol
Combat air patrol (CAP) is a type of flying mission for fighter aircraft.
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Combat engineer
A combat engineer (also called pioneer or sapper) is a type of soldier who performs military engineering tasks in support of land forces combat operations.
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Commando
Royal Marines from 40 Commando on patrol in the Sangin area of Afghanistan are picturedA commando is a combatant, or operative of an elite light infantry or special operations force, specially trained for carrying out raids and operating in small teams behind enemy lines.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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Conscription
Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Constitution of Argentina
The Constitution of the Argentine Nation (Constitución de la Nación Argentina) is the basic governing document of Argentina, and the primary source of existing law in Argentina.
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Constitution of the Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands Constitution is a predominantly codified constitution documented primarily within the Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008, a statutory instrument of the United Kingdom.
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Corbeta Uruguay base
Corbeta Uruguay base was an Argentine military outpost established in November 1976 on Thule Island, Southern Thule, in the South Sandwich Islands.
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Council of Ministers (Spain)
The Council of Ministers (Consejo de Ministros) is the main collective decision-making body of the Government of Spain, and it is exclusively composed of the Prime Minister, the deputy prime ministers and the ministers (22 as of 2024).
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Counter-insurgency aircraft
Counter-insurgency aircraft or COIN aircraft are a specialized variety of military light attack aircraft, designed for counter-insurgency operations, armed reconnaissance, air escort of ground forces, and ground support against "low-intensity engagements"; usually irregular groups of insurgents armed with aircraft artillery and/or portable rockets.
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Crown colony
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by England, and then Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English and later British Empire.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Cultural impact of the Falklands War
The cultural impact of the Falklands War spanned several media in both Britain and Argentina.
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Curaçao
Curaçao (or, or, Papiamentu), officially the Country of Curaçao (Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of Venezuela.
Daily Mirror
The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper.
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Dakar
Dakar (Ndakaaru) is the capital and largest city of Senegal.
Darwin, Falkland Islands
Darwin is a settlement in Lafonia on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, lying on Choiseul Sound, on the east side of the island's central isthmus, north of Goose Green.
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Dassault Group
Dassault Group (also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French corporate group established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, later led by his son Serge Dassault, and led since 2018 by co-founder of Dassault Systèmes Charles Edelstenne.
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Dassault Mirage
Mirage is a name given to several types of jet aircraft designed by the French company Dassault Aviation (formerly Avions Marcel Dassault), some of which were produced in different variants.
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Dassault Mirage III
The Dassault Mirage III is a family of single/dual-seat, single-engine, fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by French aircraft company Dassault Aviation.
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Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard
The Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard (Étendard is French for "battle flag", cognate to English "standard") is a French carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft designed by Dassault-Breguet for service with the French Navy.
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David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley
Marshal of the Royal Air Force David Brownrigg Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, (born 17 September 1929) is a retired Royal Air Force officer and member of the House of Lords.
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Death threat
A death threat is a threat, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or group of people.
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Deception Island incident
The Deception Island incident took place in February 1953 when a group of British Royal Marines landed on Deception Island in Antarctica, took two Argentine sailors prisoner and destroyed an Argentine Navy base.
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Declaration of war
A declaration of war is a formal act by which one state announces existing or impending war activity against another.
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Defense Satellite Communications System
The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users.
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Deportation
Deportation is the expulsion of a person or group of people from a territory.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.
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Desventuradas Islands
The Desventuradas Islands (Islas Desventuradas,, "Unfortunate Islands" or Islas de los Desventurados, "Islands of the Unfortunate Ones") is a group of four small oceanic islands located off the coast of Chile, northwest of Santiago in the Pacific Ocean.
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Deutschlandfunk
Deutschlandfunk (DLF, Broadcast Germany) is a public-broadcasting radio station in Germany, concentrating on news and current affairs.
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Devolution
Devolution is the statutory delegation of powers from the central government of a sovereign state to govern at a subnational level, such as a regional or local level.
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Directorate-General for External Security
The Directorate-General for External Security (Direction générale de la Sécurité extérieure, DGSE) is France's foreign intelligence agency, equivalent to the British MI6 and the American CIA, established on 2 April 1982.
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Dirty War
The Dirty War (Guerra sucia) is the name used by the military junta or civic-military dictatorship of Argentina (dictadura cívico-militar de Argentina) for the period of state terrorism in Argentina from 1974 to 1983 as a part of Operation Condor, during which military and security forces and death squads in the form of the Argentine Anticommunist Alliance (AAA, or Triple A) hunted down any political dissidents and anyone believed to be associated with socialism, left-wing Peronism, or the Montoneros movement. Falklands War and Dirty War are wars involving Argentina.
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Dissimilar air combat training
Dissimilar air combat training (DACT) was introduced as a formal part of US air combat training after disappointing aerial combat exchange rates in the Vietnam War.
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Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)
The Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers, and since 1993 to other ranks, of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy".
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Diversionary foreign policy
A diversionary foreign policy, or a diversionary war, is an international relations term that identifies a war instigated by a country's leader in order to distract its population from their own domestic strife.
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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft designed and produced by the American aerospace manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company, and later, McDonnell Douglas.
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Drop tank
In aviation, a drop tank (external tank, wing tank or belly tank) is used to describe auxiliary fuel tanks externally carried by aircraft.
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East Falkland
East Falkland (Isla Soledad) is the largest island of the Falklands in the South Atlantic, having an area of or 54% of the total area of the Falklands.
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Eastney Barracks
Eastney Barracks was a military installation occupied by the Royal Marines and located at Eastney near Portsmouth.
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Economic sanctions
Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals.
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Eduardo A. Roca
Eduardo Alejandro Roca (15 December 1921 – 15 May 2019) was an Argentine lawyer, academic, and diplomat.
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Egmont Palace
The Egmont Palace (Palais d'Egmont,; Egmontpaleis), also sometimes known as the Arenberg Palace (Palais d'Arenberg; Arenbergpaleis), is a neoclassical palace in Brussels, Belgium.
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English Electric Canberra
The English Electric Canberra is a British first-generation, jet-powered medium bomber.
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Ernesto Horacio Crespo
Ernesto Horacio Crespo (8 December 1929 – 6 March 2019) was an Argentine Brigadier General (Lieutenant General) and former Chief of Staff of the Argentine Air Force.
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Ernesto Sabato
Ernesto Sabato (June 24, 1911 – April 30, 2011) was an Argentine novelist, essayist, painter, and physicist.
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Escuadrón Fénix
The Phoenix Squadron (Escuadrón Fénix) was a volunteers' special unit of the Argentine Air Force established during the 1982 Falklands War.
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European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, as renamed by the Lisbon Treaty.
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Ewen Southby-Tailyour
Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour, (born 18 January 1942) is a British author, sailor, and retired Royal Marine.
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Exercise Spring Train
Exercise Spring Train (also referred to as Springtrain) was an annual Royal Navy-led NATO maritime exercise conducted in the Eastern Atlantic.
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Exocet
The Exocet is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Falkland Islanders
Falkland Islanders, also called FalklandersChater, Tony.
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Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
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Falkland Islands Defence Force
The Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF) is the locally maintained volunteer defence unit in the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory.
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Falkland Islands Dependencies
The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the various British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica which were governed from the Falkland Islands and its capital Stanley.
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Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute
Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. Falklands War and Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute are Territorial disputes of Argentina and Territorial disputes of the United Kingdom.
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Falkland Sound
The Falkland Sound (Estrecho de San Carlos) is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands.
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Falklands Crisis of 1770
The Falklands Crisis of 1770 was a diplomatic standoff between Great Britain and Spain over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Fax
Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (short for telefacsimile), is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device.
Field punishment
Field punishment is any form of punishment used against military personnel in the field; that is, field punishment does not require that the member be incarcerated in a military prison or reassigned to a punishment battalion.
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Fighter aircraft
Fighter aircraft (early on also pursuit aircraft) are military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat.
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FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM).
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First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
The First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is a statutory position in the British Armed Forces usually held by an admiral.
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Fito Páez
Rodolfo Páez, popularly known as Fito Páez (born 13 March 1963), is an Argentine popular rock and roll musician and filmmaker.
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Fitzroy, Falkland Islands
Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland.
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Flag of Argentina
The national flag of the Argentine Republic, often referred to as the Argentine flag (bandera argentina), is a triband, composed of three equally wide horizontal bands coloured light blue and white.
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England.
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FMA IA 58 Pucará
The FMA IA 58 Pucará (Fortress) is an Argentine ground-attack and counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft manufactured by the Fábrica Militar de Aviones.
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FN MAG
The FN MAG (Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général, English: General Purpose Machine Gun) is a Belgian 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier.
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Fortuna Glacier
Fortuna Glacier is a tidewater glacier at the mouth of Cumberland Bay on the island of South Georgia.
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Fox Bay
Fox Bay (Bahía Fox or Bahía Zorro) is the second largest settlement on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands.
François Mitterrand
François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest holder of that position in the history of France.
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Freetown
Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone.
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Friendly fire
In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy or hostile targets.
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Frigate
A frigate is a type of warship.
Frogman
A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work.
Fuze
In military munitions, a fuze (sometimes fuse) is the part of the device that initiates its function.
General-purpose machine gun
A general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) is an air-cooled, usually belt-fed machine gun that can be adapted flexibly to various tactical roles for light and medium machine guns.
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Geneva Conventions
language.
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Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).
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Good Friday
Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.
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Goose Green
Goose Green is a hamlet in Lafonia on East Falkland in the Falkland Islands.
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Government House, Falkland Islands
Government House in Stanley has been the home of the Falkland Islands' governors since the mid-19th century.
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Government of Sierra Leone
The government of Sierra Leone is the governing authority of the Republic of Sierra Leone, as established by the Sierra Leone Constitution.
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Government of the 23rd Dáil
The 18th government of Ireland (9 March – 14 December 1982) was the government of Ireland formed after the February 1982 general election to the 23rd Dáil.
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Governor of the Falkland Islands
The governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in His Majesty's name and on His Majesty's behalf" as the islands' de facto head of state in the absence of the British monarch.
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Grantham Sound
Grantham Sound is a bay on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, which opens out into the Falkland Sound.
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Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.
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Guided-missile destroyer
A guided-missile destroyer (DDG) is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet.
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Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine composer and musician.
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H. Jones
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, (14 May 1940 – 28 May 1982), known as H. Jones, was a British Army officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC).
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Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber developed and produced by Handley Page during the Cold War.
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British-American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
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Harpoon (missile)
The Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile manufactured by McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing Defense, Space & Security).
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Hawker Siddeley Harrier
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier is a British jet-powered attack aircraft designed and produced by the British aerospace company Hawker Siddeley.
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Henry Leach
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Conyers Leach, (18 November 1923 – 26 April 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who, as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff during the early 1980s, was instrumental in convincing the British prime minister Margaret Thatcher that retaking the Falkland Islands from Argentina was feasible.
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History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi became the de facto leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état.
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History of the Falkland Islands
The history of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking place in the 18th century.
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HMNB Clyde
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS Neptune), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth).
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HMS Avenger (F185)
HMS Avenger was a Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Brilliant (F90)
HMS Brilliant was a Type 22 frigate of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Exeter (D89)
HMS Exeter was a Type 42 destroyer, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named Exeter, after the city of Exeter in Devon.
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Hope Bay incident
The Hope Bay incident occurred in February 1952 at Hope Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula. Falklands War and Hope Bay incident are Territorial disputes of Argentina and Territorial disputes of the United Kingdom.
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Horizon (British TV series)
Horizon is an ongoing and long-running British documentary television series on BBC Two that covers science and philosophy.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Hydrography
Hydrography is the branch of applied sciences which deals with the measurement and description of the physical features of oceans, seas, coastal areas, lakes and rivers, as well as with the prediction of their change over time, for the primary purpose of safety of navigation and in support of all other marine activities, including economic development, security and defense, scientific research, and environmental protection.
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IAI Nesher
The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher (נשר, 'griffon vulture', also translated to 'eagle') was the Israeli version of the French Dassault Mirage 5 multirole fighter.
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Ian McDonald (civil servant)
Ian McDonald (29 March 1936 – 28 March 2019) was a civil servant in the UK's Ministry of Defence and was the Ministry's spokesman during the Falklands War.
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Ian McKay
Ian John McKay, VC (7 May 1953 – 12 June 1982) was a British Army soldier and a posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Inmarsat
Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global mobile services.
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International Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize laureate.
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Invasion of South Georgia
The invasion of South Georgia, also known as the Battle of Grytviken or Operation Georgias, took place on 3 April 1982, when Argentine Navy forces seized control of the east coast of South Georgia after overpowering a small group of Royal Marines at Grytviken. Falklands War and invasion of South Georgia are conflicts in 1982 and invasions by Argentina.
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Ireland–United Kingdom relations
Since at least 1542, England and later Great Britain and Ireland have been connected politically, reaching a height in 1801 with the creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Irish neutrality
Ireland is one of four members of the European Union that are not members of NATO.
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Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries, is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage.
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ITV News
ITV News is the branding of news programmes on the British news television channel of ITV.
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Jaime de Piniés
Jaime de Piniés (18 November 1917 – 29 December 2003) was a Spanish diplomat who served for one year as the President of the United Nations General Assembly.
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James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (27 March 191226 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was a British statesman and Labour politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra (19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991.
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Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick (née Jordan; November 19, 1926December 7, 2006) was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration.
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Jeremy Moore
Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore, (5 July 1928 – 15 September 2007) was a British senior Royal Marine officer who served as the commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War in 1982.
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Jingoism
Jingoism is nationalism in the form of aggressive and proactive foreign policy, such as a country's advocacy for the use of threats or actual force, as opposed to peaceful relations, in efforts to safeguard what it perceives as its national interests.
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John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse
Admiral of the Fleet John David Elliott Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse, (12 February 1928 – 17 February 1992) was a Royal Navy officer.
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John Nott
Sir John William Frederic Nott (born 1 February 1932) is a former British Conservative Party politician.
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Jorge Anaya
Admiral Jorge Isaac Anaya (27 September 1926 – 9 January 2008) was an Argentine admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Argentine Navy.
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Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature.
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Jorge Rafael Videla
Jorge Rafael Videla (2 August 1925 – 17 May 2013) was an Argentine military officer and dictator who was the 47th President of Argentina and as well as the 1st President of the National Reorganisation Process from 1976 to 1981.
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Juan Lombardo
Juan José Lombardo (19 March 1927 – 26 November 2019) was an Argentine vice admiral imprisoned for crimes against humanity.
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Julian Thompson (Royal Marines officer)
Major General Julian Howard Atherden Thompson, (born 7 October 1934) is a military historian and former Royal Marines officer who commanded 3 Commando Brigade during the Falklands War.
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King Edward Point
King Edward Point (also known as KEP) is a permanent British Antarctic Survey research station on South Georgia island and is the capital of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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L16 81mm mortar
The L16 81mm mortar is a British and Canadian standard mortar used by the Canadian Army, British Army, and many other armed forces.
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La Prensa (Buenos Aires)
La Prensa is an Argentine daily newspaper.
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Landing craft
Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault.
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Landing Craft Utility
A Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore.
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Landing ship logistics
Landing ship logistics (LSL) was a term used by the United Kingdom armed forces to describe the Round Table class of landing ship used in the support of amphibious warfare missions.
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Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
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Laurie Margolis
Laurie Margolis (born 1950) is a BBC journalist and news editor.
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Lawrence Freedman
Sir Lawrence David Freedman, (born 1948) is a British academic, historian and author specialising in foreign policy, international relations and strategy.
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Learjet 35
The Learjet Model 35 and Model 36 are a series of American multi-role business jets and military transport aircraft manufactured by Learjet between 1973 and 1993.
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Leaseback
Leaseback, short for "sale-and-leaseback", is a financial transaction in which one sells an asset and leases it back for the long term; therefore, one continues to be able to use the asset but no longer owns it.
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Leopoldo Galtieri
Leopoldo Fortunato Galtieri Castelli (15 July 1926 12 January 2003) was an Argentine general who served as President of Argentina from December 1981 to June 1982. Falklands War and Leopoldo Galtieri are anti-British sentiment.
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Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)
Lieutenant colonel (Lt Col), is a rank in the British Army and Royal Marines which is also used in many Commonwealth countries.
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Lieutenant commander
Lieutenant Commander (also hyphenated lieutenant-commander and abbreviated Lt Cdr, LtCdr., LCDR, or LCdr) is a commissioned officer rank in many navies.
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Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship.
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Loaded march
A loaded march is a relatively fast march over distance carrying a load and is a common military exercise.
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Lockheed C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin).
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Lockheed P-2 Neptune
The Lockheed P-2 Neptune (designated P2V by the United States Navy prior to September 1962) is a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London Victory Parade of 1982
The London Victory Parade of 1982 was a British victory parade held after the defeat of Argentina in the Falklands War and organised by the City of London as a salute to the task force. Falklands War and London Victory Parade of 1982 are 1982 in the United Kingdom.
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Low Earth orbit
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with a period of 128 minutes or less (making at least 11.25 orbits per day) and an eccentricity less than 0.25.
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Luis Alberto Spinetta
Luis Alberto Spinetta (23 January 1950 – 8 February 2012), nicknamed "El Flaco" (Spanish for "skinny"), was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer, writer and poet.
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Madrid
Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.
Malcolm Fraser
John Malcolm Fraser (21 May 1930 – 20 March 2015) was an Australian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Australia from 1975 to 1983.
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Mare Harbour
Mare Harbour, known colloquially as East Cove Port, is a small settlement on East Falkland, on Choiseul Sound.
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Mario Benjamín Menéndez
Mario Benjamin Menéndez (3 April 1930 – 18 September 2015) was the Argentine governor of the Falklands during the 1982 Argentine occupation of the islands.
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Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the Royal Air Force (RAF).
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Materiel
Materiel is supplies, equipment, and weapons in military supply-chain management, and typically supplies and equipment in a commercial supply chain context.
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McDonnell Douglas DC-10
The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is an American trijet wide-body aircraft manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.
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McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.
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Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)
The British Merchant Navy is the collective name given to British civilian ships and their associated crews, including officers and ratings.
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Mexeflote
The Mexeflote is a landing raft used by the United Kingdom's Royal Logistic Corps and the Royal Australian Navy to move goods and vehicles between ship and shore.
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MI6
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 (Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign nationals in support of its Five Eyes partners.
Michael Clapp
Commodore Michael Cecil Clapp, (born 22 February 1932) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the United Kingdom's amphibious assault group, Task Group 317.0, in the Falklands War.
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Military junta
A military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders.
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Montevideo
Montevideo is the capital and largest city of Uruguay.
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Montoneros
Montoneros (Movimiento Peronista Montonero, MPM) was an Argentine far-left Peronist and Catholic revolutionary guerrilla organization, which emerged in the 1970s during the "Argentine Revolution" dictatorship.
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Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas
The Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas is a cenotaph in Plaza San Martín, in Buenos Aires, dedicated to the 649 Argentine soldiers who were killed in the Falklands War.
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Mothers of Plaza de Mayo
The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, with the goal of finding the desaparecidos, initially, and then determining the culprits of crimes against humanity to promote their trial and sentencing.
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Mount Kent
Mount Kent is a mountain on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, and is high.
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Mount Longdon
Mount Longdon is a mountain in the east of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands.
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Mountain Leader Training Cadre
The Mountain Leader Training Cadre is a training element of the United Kingdom's Royal Marines which provides instruction in mountain warfare, arctic warfare, cold weather survival and operations, and cliff assault.
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Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by rebel forces in 2011.
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Mullet Creek
Mullet Creek is a small river in East Falkland.
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MV Norland
The Norland was a P&O roll-on/roll-off ferry operating between Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire, UK, and Rotterdam Europoort, Netherlands, and then Zeebrugge, Belgium.
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National Memorial Arboretum
The National Memorial Arboretum is a British site of national remembrance at Alrewas, near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
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National Reorganization Process
The National Reorganization Process (Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, often simply el Proceso, "the Process") was the military dictatorship that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983, which received support from the United States until 1982.
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Naval Air Fighter Attack Squadron
The 2da Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque (EA32) (Second Naval Fighter/Strike squadron) is the main strike unit of the Argentine Naval Aviation, the air branch of the Argentine Navy.
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Neutral country
A neutral country is a state that is neutral towards belligerents in a specific war or holds itself as permanently neutral in all future conflicts (including avoiding entering into military alliances such as NATO, CSTO or the SCO).
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News Media Association
The News Media Association is a trade body which styles itself as "the voice of national, regional and local news media organisations in the UK".
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Nicanor Costa Méndez
Nicanor Costa Méndez (October 30, 1922 – August 3, 1992) was an Argentine diplomat.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising.
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Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale
Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, (17 February 1929 – 4 March 1993), was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.
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Nick Barker (Royal Navy officer)
Nicholas John Barker (19 May 1933 – 7 April 1997) was an English senior Royal Navy officer and commanding officer of the survey ship during the Falklands War.
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No. 39 Squadron RAF
Number 39 Squadron is an inactive squadron of the Royal Air Force.
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No. 51 Squadron RAF
Number 51 Squadron is a squadron of the Royal Air Force.
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Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
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Non-commissioned officer
A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.
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Non-disclosure agreement
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement (CA), confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement (SA), is a legal contract or part of a contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to.
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Norland
Norland can refer to any of the following.
Northwood Headquarters
Northwood Headquarters is a military headquarters facility of the British Armed Forces in Eastbury, Hertfordshire, England, adjacent to the London suburb of Northwood.
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November 1982 Irish general election
The November 1982 Irish general election to the 24th Dáil was held on Wednesday, 24 November, three weeks after the dissolution of the 23rd Dáil on 4 November by President Patrick Hillery, on the request of Taoiseach Charles Haughey following a defeat of the government in a motion of confidence.
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NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
Nuclear submarine
A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor, but not necessarily nuclear-armed.
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Occupation of the Falkland Islands
The occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Gobernación Militar de las Islas Malvinas, Georgias del Sur y Sandwich del Sur "Military Administration of the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands") was the short-lived Argentine occupation of a group of British islands in the South Atlantic whose sovereignty has long been disputed by Argentina. Falklands War and occupation of the Falkland Islands are 1982 in Argentina and 1982 in the Falkland Islands.
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Oerlikon GDF
The Oerlikon GDF or Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon is a towed anti-aircraft gun made by Oerlikon Contraves (renamed as Rheinmetall Air Defence AG following the merger with Rheinmetall in 2009).
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Office of Public Sector Information
The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.
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Oil tanker
An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products.
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Operation Algeciras
Operation Algeciras was a failed Argentine plan to sabotage a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar during the Falklands War.
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Operation Journeyman
Operation Journeyman was a Royal Navy operation in which a naval taskforce was secretly sent to the Falkland Islands in November 1977 to prevent an Argentine invasion.
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Operation Mikado
Operation Mikado was the code name of a military plan by the United Kingdom to use Special Air Service troops to attack the home base of Argentina's five Super Etendard strike fighters at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, during the 1982 Falklands War. Falklands War and Operation Mikado are 1982 in Argentina.
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Operation Paraquet
Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture the island of South Georgia from Argentine military control in April 1982 at the start of the Falklands War. Falklands War and operation Paraquet are conflicts in 1982.
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Operation Soberanía
Operación Soberanía (Operation Sovereignty) was a planned Argentine military invasion of Chile due to the Beagle conflict.
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Operation Sutton
Operation Sutton was the code name for the British landings on the shores of San Carlos Water, at Ajax Bay and Port San Carlos, near San Carlos on East Falkland. Falklands War and Operation Sutton are conflicts in 1982.
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Ottawa Treaty
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or often simply the Mine Ban Treaty, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines (APLs) around the world.
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Panama Canal
The Panama Canal (Canal de Panamá) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.
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Pangbourne College
Pangbourne College is a co-educational private day and boarding school located in Pangbourne, Berkshire.
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Paratrooper
A paratrooper or military parachutist is a soldier trained to conduct military operations by parachuting directly into an area of operations, usually as part of a large airborne forces unit.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Indo-Pacific is a junior-level ministerial position in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of His Majesty's Government.
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Patagonia
Patagonia is a geographical region that encompasses the southern end of South America, governed by Argentina and Chile.
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Perfil
Perfil is an Argentine weekly tabloid based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and refounded in 2005.
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, (6 June 1919 – 9July 2018), was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988.
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Pincer movement
The pincer movement, or double envelopment, is a military maneuver in which forces simultaneously attack both flanks (sides) of an enemy formation.
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Pintle
A pintle is a pin or bolt, usually inserted into a gudgeon, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge.
Plaza San Martín (Buenos Aires)
Plaza San Martín (English: San Martín Square) is a park located in the Retiro neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Port San Carlos
Port San Carlos is located on the northern bank of the inlet known as Port San Carlos, off San Carlos Water on the Western coast of East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands.
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Port Stanley Airport
Port Stanley Airport is an airport in the Falkland Islands, outside the capital, Stanley.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental and behavioral disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, child abuse, domestic violence, or other threats on a person's life or well-being.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family.
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Private military company
A private military company (PMC) or private military and security company (PMSC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for financial gain.
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Psychological warfare
Psychological warfare (PSYWAR), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations (PsyOp), has been known by many other names or terms, including Military Information Support Operations (MISO), Psy Ops, political warfare, "Hearts and Minds", and propaganda.
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Puerto Deseado
Puerto Deseado, originally called Port Desire, is a city of about 15,000 inhabitants and a fishing port in Patagonia in Santa Cruz Province of Argentina, on the estuary of the Deseado River.
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Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas (historically known as Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena.
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Queen Elizabeth 2
Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British passenger ship converted into a floating hotel.
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Radar picket
A radar picket is a radar-equipped station, ship, submarine, aircraft, or vehicle used to increase the radar detection range around a nation or military (including naval) force to protect it from surprise attack, typically air attack, or from criminal activities such as smuggling.
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RAF Ascension Island
RAF Ascension Island, also known as Wideawake Airfield or Ascension Island Auxiliary Field, is a military airfield and facility located on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean.
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RAF Mount Pleasant
RAF Mount Pleasant (also known as Mount Pleasant Airport, Mount Pleasant Complex or MPA) is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands.
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RAF Wroughton
RAF Wroughton is a former Royal Air Force airfield near Wroughton, in Wiltshire, England, about south of Swindon.
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Raid on Pebble Island
The raid on Pebble Island was a raid by British Special Forces on Pebble Island's airfield during the Falklands War, and took place on the night of 14–15 May 1982. Falklands War and raid on Pebble Island are 1982 in the Falkland Islands and conflicts in 1982.
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Random House
Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House.
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Rapier (missile)
Rapier is a surface-to-air missile developed for the British Army to replace their towed Bofors 40/L70 anti-aircraft guns.
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Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata, also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda.
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Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego
Río Grande (English: Big River) is a city in Argentina, on the north coast of the eastern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego.
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Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833)
In December 1832, two naval vessels were sent by the United Kingdom to re-assert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), after the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata (part of which later became Argentina) ignored British diplomatic protests over the appointment of Luis Vernet as governor of the Falkland Islands and a dispute over fishing rights.
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Recife
Recife is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.
Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre International Airport
Aeroporto Internacional do Recife/Guararapes–Gilberto Freyre is the airport serving Recife, Brazil.
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Reconnaissance
In military operations, military reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations.
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Regions of Argentina
The provinces of Argentina are often grouped into eight geographical regions.
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Rejoice (Margaret Thatcher)
"Rejoice" was a remark made by British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in Downing Street on 25 April 1982 following a statement read by Secretary of State for Defence John Nott on the successful recapture of South Georgia from Argentine forces, one of the first acts of the Falklands War.
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Rex Hunt (diplomat)
Sir Rex Masterman Hunt, (29 June 1926 – 11 November 2012) was a British Government diplomat and colonial administrator.
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RFA Fort Austin
RFA Fort Austin is a retired British ''Fort Rosalie''-class dry stores ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
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RFA Sir Galahad (1966)
RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) was a vessel belonging to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) of the United Kingdom.
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RFA Sir Tristram
TV Sir Tristram (L3505) formerly RFA Sir Tristram, is a that was converted to a Special Forces Training Vessel in 2008.
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RFA Stromness
RFA Stromness (A344) was a fleet stores ship which served the Royal Fleet Auxiliary until sold to the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command in 1983.
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Rick Jolly
Surgeon-Captain Richard Tadeusz Jolly OBE (29 October 1946 – 13 January 2018) was a Royal Navy medical officer who served in the 1982 Falklands War and was later decorated by both the British and Argentine governments for his distinguished conduct during the conflict.
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Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport, popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport, is the main international airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Robert Muldoon
Sir Robert David Muldoon (25 September 19215 August 1992) was a New Zealand conservative politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party.
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Roberto Eduardo Viola
Roberto Eduardo Viola (13 October 1924 – 30 September 1994) was an Argentine military officer who served as the 48th President of Argentina and the 2nd President of the National Reorganization Process from 29 March to 11 December 1981 as a military dictator.
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Roland (missile)
The Roland is a Franco-German mobile short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
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Roll-on/roll-off
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using a platform vehicle, such as a self-propelled modular transporter.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Round Table-class landing ship logistics
The Round Table class, also known as the Sir Lancelot class, was a British ship class designed for amphibious warfare missions in support of the main amphibious warfare ships.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all Army personnel and their families, in war and in peace.
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Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.
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Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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Royal Corps of Signals
The Royal Corps of Signals (often simply known as the Royal Signals – abbreviated to R SIGNALS or R SIGS) is one of the combat support arms of the British Army.
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Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army.
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence.
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Royal Marines
The Royal Marines, also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, and officially as the Corps of Royal Marines, are the United Kingdom's amphibious special operations capable commando force, one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy, and provide a company strength unit to the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG).
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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San Carlos Water
San Carlos Water is a bay/fjord on the west coast of East Falkland, facing onto the Falkland Sound.
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San Carlos, Falkland Islands
San Carlos is a settlement in northwestern East Falkland, lying south of Port San Carlos on San Carlos Water.
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Sandy Woodward
Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, (1 May 1932 – 4 August 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War.
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Santiago
Santiago, also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas.
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Scots Guards
The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army.
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SDP–Liberal Alliance
The SDP–Liberal Alliance was a centrist and social liberal political and electoral alliance in the United Kingdom.
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Sea Dart
Sea Dart, or GWS.30 was a Royal Navy surface-to-air missile system designed in the 1960s and entering service in 1973.
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Sea Skua
The Sea Skua is a British lightweight short-range air-to-surface missile (ASM) designed for use from helicopters against ships.
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Seacat (missile)
Seacat was a British short-range surface-to-air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes.
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Secretariat of Culture (Argentina)
The Secretariat of Culture (Secretaría de Cultura, formerly Ministry of Culture) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversaw the government's public policy on the culture of Argentina.
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Self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
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Self-governing colony
In the British Empire, a self-governing colony was a colony with an elected government in which elected rulers were able to make most decisions without referring to the colonial power with nominal control of the colony.
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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.
Servicio de Inteligencia Naval (Argentina)
Servicio de Inteligencia Naval (Naval Intelligence Service) is the intelligence agency of the Argentine Navy.
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Shuttle diplomacy
In diplomacy and international relations, shuttle diplomacy is the action of an outside party in serving as an intermediary between (or among) principals in a dispute, without direct principal-to-principal contact.
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Signals intelligence
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is the act and field of intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).
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Simon Weston
Simon Weston (born 8 August 1961) is a Welsh veteran of the British Army who is known for his charity work and recovery from severe burn injuries suffered during the Falklands War.
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Simonstown Agreement
The Simonstown Agreement was a naval cooperation agreement between the United Kingdom and South Africa, signed on 30 June 1955.
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Sir Tony Wilson, 6th Baronet
Brigadier Sir Mathew John Anthony Wilson, 6th Baronet, (2 October 1935 – 5 December 2019) was a British Army officer who commanded the 5th Infantry Brigade during the Falklands War.
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Skirmish at Top Malo House
The Skirmish at Top Malo House took place on 31 May 1982 during the Falklands War between Argentine special forces from 602 Commando Company and the British Royal Marines of the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre (M&AWC). Falklands War and Skirmish at Top Malo House are conflicts in 1982.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South Atlantic conflict
The South Atlantic conflict was a series of crises, undeclared wars, and other conflicts between Argentina, the United Kingdom, and later Chile (on the British side) in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
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South Georgia
South Georgia is an island in the South Atlantic Ocean that is part of the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Falklands War and south Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are Territorial disputes of Argentina.
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South Sandwich Islands
The South Sandwich Islands (Islas Sandwich del Sur) are a chain of uninhabited volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
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Southampton
Southampton is a port city in Hampshire, England.
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Southern Thule
Southern Thule is a group of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell).
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Sovereignty
Sovereignty can generally be defined as supreme authority.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.
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Special Boat Service
The Special Boat Service (SBS) is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
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SS Atlantic Conveyor
Atlantic Conveyor was a British merchant navy ship, registered in Liverpool, that was requisitioned during the Falklands War.
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SS Uganda (1952)
SS Uganda was a British steamship that had a varied and notable career.
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SS.12/AS.12
The SS.12 and AS.12 are two variants of the same missile: SS for surface-to-surface and AS for air-to-surface.
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St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.
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Staffordshire
Staffordshire (postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England.
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Stanley Harbour
Stanley Harbour is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island.
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Stanley, Falkland Islands
Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands.
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Stealth ship
A stealth ship is a ship that employs stealth technology construction techniques in an effort to make it harder to detect by one or more of radar, visual, sonar, and infrared methods.
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Strafing
Strafing is the military practice of attacking ground targets from low-flying aircraft using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons.
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Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles.
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Swindon
Swindon is a town in Wiltshire, England.
Teal Inlet
Teal Inlet, once named Evelyn Station, is a settlement on East Falkland, in the Falkland Islands, on the south shore of Salvador Water.
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Telegraphy
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
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Telex
Telex is a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange over the circuits of the public switched telephone network or by private lines.
Terence Lewin
Admiral of the Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin, (19 November 1920 – 23 January 1999) was a Royal Navy officer.
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The Gambia
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Sun (United Kingdom)
The Sun is a British tabloid newspaper, published by the News Group Newspapers division of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lachlan Murdoch's News Corp. It was founded as a broadsheet in 1964 as a successor to the Daily Herald, and became a tabloid in 1969 after it was purchased by its current owner.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target.
Toss bombing
Toss bombing (sometimes known as loft bombing, and by the U.S. Air Force as the Low Altitude Bombing System, or LABS) is a method of bombing where the attacking aircraft pulls upward when releasing its bomb load, giving the bomb additional time of flight by starting its ballistic path with an upward vector.
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Total Exclusion Zone
The Total Exclusion Zone (TEZ) was an area declared by the United Kingdom on 30 April 1982 covering a circle of radius from the centre of the Falkland Islands.
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Tower Hill
Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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Tower Hill Memorial
The Tower Hill Memorial is a pair of Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Trinity Square Gardens, on Tower Hill in London, England.
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Type 209 submarine
The Type 209 (U-Boot-Klasse 209) is a range of diesel-electric attack submarines developed exclusively for export by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft of Germany.
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Type 21 frigate
The Type 21 frigate, or Amazon-class frigate, was a British Royal Navy general-purpose escort that was designed in the late 1960s, built in the 1970s and served throughout the 1980s into the 1990s.
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Type 42 destroyer
The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen guided-missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.
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Undeclared war
An undeclared war is a military conflict between two or more nations without either side issuing a formal declaration of war.
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Unexploded ordnance
Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.
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Unguided bomb
An unguided bomb, also known as a free-fall bomb, gravity bomb, dumb bomb, or iron bomb, is an aircraft-dropped bomb (conventional or nuclear) that does not contain a guidance system and hence simply follows a ballistic trajectory.
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Union Jack
The Union Jack or Union Flag is the de facto national flag of the United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations resolution
A United Nations resolution (UN resolution) is a formal text adopted by a United Nations (UN) body.
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United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 502
United Nations Security Council Resolution 502 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 3 April 1982.
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United States Army Combined Arms Center
The U.S. Army Combined Arms Center (USACAC) is located at Fort Leavenworth and provides leadership and supervision for leader development and professional military and civilian education; institutional and collective training; functional training; training support; battle command; doctrine; lessons learned and specified areas the Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) designates in order to serve as a catalyst for change and to support developing relevant and ready expeditionary land formations with campaign qualities in support of the joint force commander.
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United States Congress
The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.
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United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.
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University of Chile
The University of Chile (Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile.
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Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America.
Ushuaia
Ushuaia is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina.
Varig
VARIG (acronym for Viação Aérea Rio-Grandense, Rio Grandean Airways) was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927.
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
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Vickers VC10
The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner designed and built by Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd and first flown at Brooklands, Surrey, in 1962.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Village hall
A village hall is a public building in a rural or suburban community which functions as a community centre without a religious affiliation.
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Voter turnout
In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate (often defined as those who cast a ballot) of a given election.
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Welsh Guards
The Welsh Guards (WG; Gwarchodlu Cymreig), part of the Guards Division, is one of the Foot Guards regiments of the British Army.
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Westland Lynx
The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose twin-engined military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil.
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Westland Scout
The Westland Scout is a light helicopter developed by Westland Helicopters.
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Westland Sea King
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters.
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Westland Wasp
The Westland Wasp is a small 1960s British turbine-powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter.
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Westland Wessex
The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34 (in US service known as Choctaw).
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White Ensign
The White Ensign, at one time called the St George's Ensign because of the simultaneous existence of a crossless version of the flag, is an ensign worn on British Royal Navy ships and shore establishments.
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White flags over Port Stanley
At 10:15 pm (BST) on the night of 14 June 1982, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher announced to the House of Commons that negotiations had begun for the surrender of the Argentine invasion force in the Falkland Islands, ending the Falklands War. Falklands War and White flags over Port Stanley are 1982 in the Falkland Islands.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. Falklands War and World War II are wars involving the United Kingdom.
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Yomp
Yomp is Royal Marines slang describing a long-distance loaded march carrying full kit.
1981 Defence White Paper
The 1981 Defence White Paper (titled "The UK Defence Programme: The Way Forward") was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy brought about by the Conservative government under the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
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1981 Irish hunger strike
The 1981 Irish hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland.
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1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands
The Invasion of the Falkland Islands (Invasión de las Islas Malvinas), code-named Operation Rosario (Operación Rosario), was a military operation launched by Argentine forces on 2 April 1982, to capture the Falkland Islands, and served as a catalyst for the subsequent Falklands War. Falklands War and 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands are conflicts in 1982 and invasions by Argentina.
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1982 Liberation Memorial
The 1982 Liberation Memorial is a war memorial in Stanley, Falkland Islands.
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1983 Argentine general election
A general election was held in Argentina on 30 October 1983 and marked the return of constitutional rule following the self-styled National Reorganization Process dictatorship installed in 1976.
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1983 United Kingdom general election
The 1983 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 9 June 1983.
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2013 Falkland Islands sovereignty referendum
A referendum on political status was held in the Falkland Islands on 10–11 March 2013.
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25th Infantry Regiment (Argentina)
The 25th Mechanized Infantry Regiment is an infantry unit of the Argentine Army belonging to the 9th Mechanized Brigade, 3rd Army Division, and based at Sarmiento, Chubut, Argentina.
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2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
The Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment (2 PARA), is a formation of the Parachute Regiment, part of the British Army, and subordinate unit within 16th Air Assault Brigade.
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3 Commando Brigade (United Kingdom)
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces.
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3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
The 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), is a battalion sized formation of the British Army's Parachute Regiment and is a subordinate unit within 16 Air Assault Brigade.
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40 Commando
40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of Commander in Chief Fleet.
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42 Commando
42 Commando is a fighting unit within the Royal Marines 3 Commando Brigade.
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45 Commando
45 Commando Royal Marines (pronounced "four-five commando") is a battalion sized unit of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, the principal Commando formation, under the Operational Command of the Fleet Commander.
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5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 5th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence since before the First World War, except for a short break in the late 1970s.
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601 Assault Helicopter Battalion
The 601 Assault Helicopter Battalion (Spanish: Batallón de Helicópteros de Asalto 601) is a helicopter unit of the Argentine Army.
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7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles
The 7th Gurkha Rifles was a rifle regiment of the British Indian Army, before being transferred to the British Army, following India's independence in 1947 and after 1959 designated as the 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles.
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801 Naval Air Squadron
801 Naval Air Squadron (NAS) was a Fleet Air Arm squadron of the Royal Navy formed in 1933 which fought in World War II, the Korean War and the Falklands War.
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9K32 Strela-2
The 9K32 Strela-2 (lit; NATO reporting name SA-7 Grail) is a light-weight, shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missile or MANPADS system.
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See also
1982 in Argentina
- 1982 in Argentina
- Falklands Naval Station
- Falklands War
- List of Argentine films of 1982
- List of number-one hits of 1982 (Argentina)
- Occupation of the Falkland Islands
- Operation Mikado
1982 in the Falkland Islands
- Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
- Battle of Goose Green
- Battle of Mount Harriet
- Battle of Mount Kent
- Battle of Mount Longdon
- Battle of Seal Cove
- Bluff Cove air attacks
- British ground forces in the Falklands War
- British naval forces in the Falklands War
- Falklands War
- Occupation of the Falkland Islands
- Raid on Cortley Ridge
- Raid on Pebble Island
- White flags over Port Stanley
1982 in the United Kingdom
- 1981–82 United Kingdom cold wave
- 1982 in British music
- 1982 in British radio
- 1982 in British television
- 1982 in England
- 1982 in Northern Ireland
- 1982 in Scotland
- 1982 in Wales
- 1982 in the United Kingdom
- 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom
- Eurovision Song Contest 1982
- Eurovision Young Musicians 1982
- Falklands War
- Hard Rock (exercise)
- List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1982
- London Victory Parade of 1982
- Milk's gotta lotta bottle
- One Step Further
- Ramsay principle
- Report of the Review Committee on Insolvency Law and Practice
- Shadow Cabinet of Michael Foot
- Shlomo Argov
- The Romans in Britain
Anti-British sentiment
- Administrative hearing of William McAndrew
- Anti-British sentiment
- Anti-English sentiment
- Anti-Scottish sentiment
- Babel, or the Necessity of Violence
- Ben Hecht
- Cairo fire
- Charlie and his Orchestra
- Die Transvaler
- Falklands War
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Glossary of names for the British
- Good News International Ministries
- Gott strafe England
- Irgun
- Irish nationalism
- Irish republicanism
- Juan Bautista Molina
- LaRouche movement
- Lehi (militant group)
- Leopoldo Galtieri
- Megan Nolan
- Memoirs of Mr. Hempher, The British Spy to the Middle East
- My Life for Ireland
- National Party (Egypt)
- National Party (South Africa)
- Nazi propaganda and the United Kingdom
- Old fox
- Perfidious Albion
- Santiago Armesilla
- Sawney
- Socialist Reich Party
- Stereotypes of British people
- The British disease
- The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World
- The Patriot (2000 film)
- The hand of God
- Tientsin incident
- Tipu's Tiger
- West Brit
- William Hale Thompson 1927 mayoral campaign
Argentina–United Kingdom military relations
- ARA Presidente Sarmiento
- Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
- Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
- British invasions of the River Plate
- Buenos Aires-class destroyer
- Falklands War
- Mendoza-class destroyer
Blockades
- 2015 Nepal blockade
- A12 blockade
- Anaconda Plan
- Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
- Annexation of Junagadh
- Beira Patrol
- Berlin Blockade
- Blockade
- Blockade of Biafra
- Blockade of Cebu
- Blockade of Montenegro
- Blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Blockade of Wonsan
- Blockade of Yemen
- Blockade of the Gaza Strip
- Blockade runner
- CSS Lark
- Corfu incident
- Croatia–Slovenia border disputes
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Falklands War
- Fall of Antwerp
- French blockade of the Río de la Plata
- Guanbi policy
- Humanitarian corridor
- Indigenous rainforest blockades in Sarawak
- List of blockades
- List of foreign ships wrecked or lost in the Spanish Civil War
- London Declaration concerning the Laws of Naval War
- Maritime Exclusion Zone
- Mimika blockade
- No-drive zone
- No-fly zone
- Operation Maritime Guard
- Operation Sharp Guard
- Raid on Cartagena (1683)
- Red Sea crisis
- Revolta da Armada
- San Remo Manual
- Siege of Dubrovnik
- Sieges
- Soviet economic blockade of Lithuania
- Stop Bloody Energy
- Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903
Conflicts in 1982
- 1982 Central African Republic coup attempt
- 1982 Divis Flats bombing
- 1982 Ethiopian–Somali Border War
- 1982 Hama massacre
- 1982 Kenyan coup attempt
- 1982 Lebanon War
- 1982 Spanish coup attempt
- 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état
- 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands
- 1982 seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern
- Argentine military trials of 2009
- Battle of Goose Green
- Battle of Jezzine (1982)
- Battle of Mount Harriet
- Battle of Mount Kent
- Battle of Mount Longdon
- Battle of Sultan Yacoub
- Battle of Two Sisters
- Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)
- Communist insurgency in Sarawak
- Dos Erres massacre
- Falklands War
- First Biker War
- Invasion of South Georgia
- Islamist uprising in Syria
- Martial law in Poland
- Miracle Valley shootout
- NDF Rebellion
- Ndogboyosoi War
- Operation Mole Cricket 19
- Operation Paraquet
- Operation Super
- Operation Sutton
- Plan de Sánchez massacre
- Río Negro massacres
- Raid on Cortley Ridge
- Raid on Pebble Island
- Red Star Campaign
- Skirmish at Top Malo House
- The Bhamdoun abduction operation (1982)
Invasions by Argentina
- 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands
- Cisplatine War
- Crossing of the Andes
- Falklands War
- Invasion of South Georgia
- Paraguayan War
Invasions of the United Kingdom
- Armada of 1779
- Battle of Fishguard
- British anti-invasion preparations of the Second World War
- Falklands War
- Invasions of England
- Invasions of the British Isles
- Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom
- Plan Kathleen
- Planned French invasion of Britain (1708)
- Planned French invasion of Britain (1744)
- Planned French invasion of Britain (1759)
- Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom
Territorial disputes of Argentina
- 1902 Arbitral award of the Andes between Argentina and Chile
- Argentine irredentism
- Beagle conflict
- Del Desierto Lake
- Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute
- Falklands War
- Hope Bay incident
- Laguna del Desierto incident
- List of hostile incidents at the Argentine border
- Misiones Province
- Puna de Atacama dispute
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute
- Southern Patagonian Ice Field dispute
Territorial disputes of the United Kingdom
- Aftermath of the Falklands War
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
- Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute
- Falklands War
- Flanagan Island
- Hope Bay incident
- Kowloon City
- Kowloon Walled City
- Monmouthshire (historic)
- Mosul question
- Rockall
- Separatism in the United Kingdom
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute
- Status of Gibraltar
Wars involving Argentina
- Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
- Argentina in World War II
- Argentine Civil Wars
- Argentine War of Independence
- British invasions of the River Plate
- Calchaquí Wars
- Cisplatine War
- Conquest of the Desert
- Dirty War
- Falklands War
- French blockade of the Río de la Plata
- Gulf War
- List of wars involving Argentina
- Military history of Argentina
- Operativo Alfil
- Paraguayan Civil War (1947)
- Paraguayan War
- Platine War
- Platine Wars
- Portuguese conquest of the Banda Oriental
- Portuguese invasion of the Banda Oriental (1811–1812)
- Tarija War
- Uruguayan Civil War
- War of Independence of Maynas
- War of the Confederation
References
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