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They'd have a job doing that considering Rubis didn't commission until Feb 1983.Given even the Agosta's only have a range of 8,500nm, just getting to the Falklands requires refuelling en-route. Even if they refuelling in French Guiana, that's 5,000nm worth of fuel burned up just getting there, that's over half the fuel capacity used.But yes I agree that Paris would be less restricted by Washington's communiques, though in return they would lose the intel and technical support advantages that Britain had so its swings and roundabouts.
They'd have a job doing that considering Rubis didn't commission until Feb 1983.
Given even the Agosta's only have a range of 8,500nm, just getting to the Falklands requires refuelling en-route. Even if they refuelling in French Guiana, that's 5,000nm worth of fuel burned up just getting there, that's over half the fuel capacity used.
But yes I agree that Paris would be less restricted by Washington's communiques, though in return they would lose the intel and technical support advantages that Britain had so its swings and roundabouts.
