Falklands War

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Falklands War
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Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of the UK 4 May
79 28 Nov 90
General Leopoldo Galtieri President of
Argentina 22 Dec 81 17 Jun 82
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Falklands War
Belligerents Political Policy
Argentina
? Annexation and defense of the Falklands with
its domestic support.
Britain
? Taking the Falklands back with its domestic
support and international support.
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Falklands War
Belligerents Military Strategy
Argentina
? Defending the islands by using geographical
advantage (land force and air force as main
forces supported by maritime force).
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Falklands War
Belligerents Military Strategy
Britain
? Retaking the islands by cutting Argentine SLOCs
and ALOCs between the islands and mainland
meanwhile securing its own SLOCs (controlling the
sea around the islands) then assaulting the
islands by land force from peripheral areas)
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Falklands War
Britains Military Plan
? Establish a sea blockade around the islands
? Recapture South Georgia
? Gain sea and air supremacy around the Falklands
? Recapture the Falkland Islands
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Falklands War
Belligerents Naval Strategy
Argentina
? Securing its SLOCs between the islands and
mainland
? Destroying the British fleet by fleet-in-being
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Falklands War
Belligerents Naval Strategy
Britain
? Controlling the sea around the islands by
decisive battle within war zone (200 NM from the
islands)
? Denying Argentina to use the sea within the war
zone
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Centre of Gravity - That characteristic,
capability or locality from which a military
force, nation or alliance derives its freedom of
action, strength or will to fight at that level
of conflict.
COG
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Critical Capability - A characteristic or key
element of a force that if destroyed, captured or
neutralised will significantly undermine the
fighting capability of the force and its centre
of gravity
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Critical Requirement - is an essential condition,
resource or means that is needed for a critical
capability to be fully functional
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Critical Vulnerability - Is an element of a
critical requirement that is vulnerable or that
can be made vulnerable.
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Centre of Gravity to Critical Capability Analysis
ABN
Airlift

Force Proj
Strike (air)
Sealift
Sea Control
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Centre of Gravity to Critical Capability to
Critical Requirements
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Sea Control
Munitions
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Centre of Gravity to Critical Capability to
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