Falklands mine free

[likesfish]

Argentina criticizes Falklands' mines-free achievement, but is willing to share the humanitarian success

The Argentine government has criticized the successful eleven-year demining process in the Falkland Islands arguing it is a new “violation” of a UN resolution calling on both sides, UK and Argentina, to abstain from any unilateral action in the disputed territories.

en.mercopress.com

After 36 years all the mines are cleared a fantastic achievement by Zimbabwean deminers back in the 90s it was considered to difficult expensive and dangerous to do cost £36 million to make the place mine free.

 

[JimW]

Read that, apparently the danger areas included a lot of formerly popular beaches and that so good to see people have the amenity back. Can't get you link to open but at first blush that seems a poorly thought out statement from Argentina, whatever your sovereignty stance/worries you don't want to look pro-minefield.

 

[mauvais]

whatever your sovereignty stance/worries you don't want to look pro-minefield

Speak for yourself lad - best rave I ever went to was in one.

 

[JimW]

Speak for yourself lad - best rave I ever went to was in one.

Bangin' tunes?

 

[mauvais]

Bangin' tunes?

Classic moments in threads: Police tactics/reaction to 'illegal' Raves

As for the munitions, we've assessed the risks and decided that they're acceptable. You can't understand this assessment unless you have the facts, which you don't. Further more, anyone attending will be made aware of the facts, and can decide for themselves if they wish to take the 'risk'. All I can tell you is that you're about a million times more likely to die in a car crash on the way there, than you are to be blown up.

 

[Spymaster]

Read that, apparently the danger areas included a lot of formerly popular beaches and that so good to see people have the amenity back.

I'd still be worried that they missed one.

 

[JimW]

I'd still be worried that they missed one.

Maybe go the second month after they re-open.

 

[Spymaster]

Maybe go the second month after they re-open.

Yeah. Give it a while.

 

[JimW]

Yeah. Give it a while.

Think I read they're having a cricket match, you could offer your skills!

 

[likesfish]

Approach to goose green. Had two minefields that were used as an obstacle course on the golf course!
The islanders would have rather the cash was spent where mines still kill people.
But UK had to clear them due to signing the ottowa agreement.
Argentina did offer to clear them but nobody wanted several hundred Argentine soldiers on the islands again

 

[weltweit]

Is it possible the Argentine army might have had detailed maps?

 

[Pickman's model]

Now the mines can be laid in the grounds of chequers and the cabinet can march round trying to find them

 

[kebabking]

Is it possible the Argentine army might have had detailed maps?

Not really - overwhelmingly by the mines were laid by units that had no idea of what they were doing (as with many other weapons systems, stuff would magically turn up at a unit in boxes that the unit had never trained on or used before) and the Argentine forces on the islands were largely, though by no means entirely, hostile to the islanders - as well as coming by from a military/political ethos that you did whatever the hell you liked. They were either incompetent or didn't give a shit.

Whatever accurate maps/information they had they withheld - this isn't/wasn't a tactic purely reserved for mines and other 'lost' ordinance, they've never been particularly helpful in identifying the remains of Argentine personal that have subsequently been found....

 

[kebabking]

This is York Bay, near Stanley. It's the first time in 38 years that the public have been allowed on it....

 

[Saul Goodman]

Yeah. Give it a while.

Maybe organise a clearing leaving party there for Trump and his supporters. Let them go out with a bang.

 

[xenon]

Not really - overwhelmingly by the mines were laid by units that had no idea of what they were doing (as with many other weapons systems, stuff would magically turn up at a unit in boxes that the unit had never trained on or used before) and the Argentine forces on the islands were largely, though by no means entirely, hostile to the islanders - as well as coming by from a military/political ethos that you did whatever the hell you liked. They were either incompetent or didn't give a shit.

Whatever accurate maps/information they had they withheld - this isn't/wasn't a tactic purely reserved for mines and other 'lost' ordinance, they've never been particularly helpful in identifying the remains of Argentine personal that have subsequently been found....

Wouldn't they have moved a fair bit as well, the ones on the beaches?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

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This is York Bay, near Stanley. It's the first time in 38 years that the public have been allowed on it....

It’s the height of spring and look at the clothes, brrrrrrr.....

 

[kebabking]

It’s the height of spring and look at the clothes, brrrrrrr.....

It's only the wind...