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The 800' peaks/700' ridges around San Calos are a great a natural defence against air attack for landing ships inside the anchorage.I'm not seeing much value in Cow Bay/ Volunteer Bay other than it would allow the Hermes or other LPH plenty of sea room. Perhaps with a sqn of Commando helicopters available troops could be airlifted to peaks some 13km inland that would function as blocking positions for any advance of the enemy from Port Stanley. It's also 85km further away from mainland Argentina which would stretch the range for aircraft even further, maybe making up for the open surrounding terrain compared to San Carlos.Maybe if the RN had a different (ie bigger/better) fleet available to it, more capable aircraft and an LPH, Cow Bay might have been selected.
The 800' peaks/700' ridges around San Calos are a great a natural defence against air attack for landing ships inside the anchorage.
I'm not seeing much value in Cow Bay/ Volunteer Bay other than it would allow the Hermes or other LPH plenty of sea room. Perhaps with a sqn of Commando helicopters available troops could be airlifted to peaks some 13km inland that would function as blocking positions for any advance of the enemy from Port Stanley. It's also 85km further away from mainland Argentina which would stretch the range for aircraft even further, maybe making up for the open surrounding terrain compared to San Carlos.
Maybe if the RN had a different (ie bigger/better) fleet available to it, more capable aircraft and an LPH, Cow Bay might have been selected.
