Page 10 University Daily Kansan, April 28, 1962
No clear advantage for Britain Argentina seen in Falklands
By United Press International
LONDON—The recapture of South Georgia by British marines may have looked easy but neither side can claim victory. But in late August, battle erupts over the Falkland Islands.
The 149-year-old squabble over a tiny community of sheep farmers in the bleak and inhospitable South Atlantic could engulf Britain and Argentina in a war more prolonged and costly than either side imagined.
Britain has the edge in firepower and technical sophistication but the age-old advantages of time, geography and the weather are on the side of Argentina.
BOTH SIDES still look to a settlement through negotiation or minimum force, but at any time the southern Atlantic could be a testing ground for an awesome array of late 20th century armor.
Much of the weaponry on both sides is British. In the past Britain has sold Argentina modern armaments as well as surplus military equipment.
The deadliest threat is from Britain's 4,200-nuclear-powered submarines. At least two are believed to be in the waters off the coast of Japan. 25 commuter-guided torpedoes.
But they are all-or-nothing weapons. They cannot be used in a limited display of force—they will either do nothing or blast a ship out of the water.
Argentina has four diesel-electric submarines, two American World War II vintage craft and two bought a decade ago from West Germany. But one of the old subs already was knocked out in the South Georgia operation.
BRITAIN ALSO has 16 major ships in the South Atlantic, including two aircraft carriers, two assault ships, five destroyers and seven frigates. These are supported by about a dozen naval auxiliary ships and 35 civilian vessels, including the 45,000-ton aircraft carrier Veinticinco de Mayo—built in Britain in 1942 but modernized to take high performance aircraft.
The British navy also has nine destroyers and a 13,600-ton cruiser—44 years old but carrying ship-to-ship and anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, there are several fast patrol boats and three corvettes.
Argentina has no civilian back-up feet, but it does not need one. Britain has to ferry every gallon of oil, every round of ammunition since 8,000 miles;
Argentina's coastline is 450 miles away. If the crisis escalates into the first full naval war, since World War II, the missiles will be the primary weapons.
BOTH SIDES have large stockpiles of French-built Exocet missiles, which skim the waves at almost the speed of sound in on targets up to 20 miles distant.
Both nationals also have British-built Sea Dart missiles designed to destroy the Exocets, although Argentina has only two destroyers.
In the air, Argentina has more and faster aircraft. The deadly lineup of 100 high-performance jets included U.S.supplied A-3 skywolf hawker-bombers, B-52 stratedge II warplanes and their Israeli derivatives, known as Dazegers.
But the Falklands are at the extreme range of some of Argentina's air bases and radar control, and the Veinticointe fighter aircraft fighters. The runway at Port Stanley can accommodate only Argentina's Mirage jets with a light load, and the tough, short-takeoff Pucarca turboprop planes developed to attack guerrilla
Against this, Britain's two carriers hold about 40 or 50 helicopters and 20
sea Harrier fighter-bombers, much slower than the 1,460 mih Mirages, but more versatile and maneuverable with its fixed landing and take-off capability.
ALSO ON STANDBY is a British force of Vulcan long-range bombers—replied from the scrap yard in case the U.S. bombs airfields on the Argentine mainland.
Neither side is saying exactly how many troops they have. Argentina may have about 9,000 men on the Falklands, compared with around 5,500 British troops board the Royal Navy task force.
For certain, Britain lacks the 3-1 advantage military commanders think is needed to guarantee victory for an ennured position, assaulting an entrenched position.
But along the indented 800-mile coastline of the archipelago, British forces could easily establish a beachhead in a lightly defended region and set up an airship for Harriers and transport helicopters.
With a well-equipped army of 130,000,
90,000 of whom are conscripts, and
thousands more are eager to join,
Argentina has ample reserves. But it
will have difficulty reinforcing the
islands.
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HINKLEY, 28, a lonely driver who professed an infatuation for teenage movie star Jodi Foster, has been accused of sexually sanity. A similar plea led to the
WASHINGTON-John W. H. Hinckley, Jr. went on trial yesterday on charges that he tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Prosecutors said Reagan may deliver historic testimony and would probably have shouldered the charge if they could show that Hinkley may have stalked former President Jimmy Carter.
U. S. district judge Barrington Parker began the process of finding a jury "free of bias, free of opinion" despite the incessant publicity about the shooting attack 13 months ago, and security measures were in effect.
The judge dismissed two of the jury candidates and questioned several others into the evening hours.
The winnowing process, which could last for days, was to resume
Parker, assembling the prospective jurors in the courtroom where the 1974 Watergate trial opened, spent the day questioning an annual total of 30 prospective jurors about their backgrounds and attitudes.
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In addition to the 90 on hand yesterday, more than 200 other people were on notice they could be called into court.
HINCLEY, A Colorado olman's son, has pleaded insanity to all 13 counts against him, ranging from assaulting his mother to President to weapons violations.
Parker intended to quiz the possible jurors about their views on mental illness and the idea of an insanity defense. Hinckley would face life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against a man of insanity, it is probable he would be committed to a mental hospital.
The trial, the first in 80 years for a man charged with shooting the president, could last a month or longer.
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