13.0 Carriers are the Kings (not Queens) of the Maritime Battlefield. Britain’s two small aircraft carriers, HMS Hermes and Invincible, were the greatest assets in the…
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Posted by David Murrin on Thu, 15/09/2022 - 08:00
Last Update: Fri, 01/08/2025 - 08:47
14.0 Accurate and Timely Intelligence and Readiness are the only safeguards against surprise attack. The British failure to anticipate the Argentinian response, which was a desperation tactic by…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 13/09/2022 - 14:30
Last Update: Sat, 08/10/2022 - 09:04
Over five weeks ago in The Battle For Ukraine 12; Putin's Options, we detailed what Putin's options would be as the war in Ukraine reversed suddenly against him. Since then that reversal has taken…
Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 13/09/2022 - 13:30
Last Update: Thu, 09/03/2023 - 08:33
In our Murrination released on Wednesday 10 August 2022, over five weeks ago – The Battle For Ukraine 11; The Tide Has Turned Against Putin – we predicted that:
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Posted by David Murrin on Tue, 13/09/2022 - 08:00
12.0 Contested landings are no longer viable. Once the British fleet had completed the uncontested (from the shore) amphibious landing of its ground forces…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 09/09/2022 - 08:48
Last Update: Mon, 19/09/2022 - 08:55
Amongst the many monarchs of British history, it is the three great queens who truly stand out along the five stages of the British Empire and the new cycle of Global Britain: Elizabeth I,…
Posted by David Murrin on Fri, 09/09/2022 - 08:00
11.0 The Surveillance Battle; the old battle adage that if you can't find me you cannot kill me was once more proven correct. Argentine forces were only configured to…
Posted by David Murrin on Wed, 07/09/2022 - 08:00
10.0 Fighting spirit and systems reliability is a critical component to winning any war. With very few exceptions, British forces expounded a remarkable fighting spirit across every level of their…
Posted by David Murrin on Mon, 05/09/2022 - 08:00
Last Update: Mon, 05/09/2022 - 09:40
9.0 Brutal Air Defence Lessons After the sinking of the Sheffield, the war became a battle for air supremacy as the Argentinians attacked British ships with iron bombs dropped at an ultra-low…
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