Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba
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In 1982, as part of the Falklands War, it has been allged Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom considered bombing the Province of Córdoba, Argentina with nuclear weapons.[1]
An investigation carried out by the Labour Party into declassified material revealed that 31 nuclear weapons were included on the ships of the English Task Force: the aircraft carrier Hermes carried 18 nuclear weapons, the Invincible, 12, and the auxiliary ship Regent, 1.[2] [unreliable source?]The plan was revealed in 1984,[1] however, two admirals of the Royal Navy who served during the Falklands Campaign, Terence Lewin and Henry Leach, stated that they denied the claims in the "strongest terms".[3] Confirmation of the inclusion of a nuclear depthcharges was admitted by the United Kingdom in 2003.[4][5]
No attack was carried out, as the president of France, François Mitterrand, decided to collaborate with Margaret Thatcher and give her information about the weapons he had sold to Argentina, according to Ali Magoudi, the French president's psychoanalyst.[6][7]
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- ^ a b "Londres consideró un ataque nuclear contra Argentina, según una revista británica". El País (in Spanish). August 24, 1984.
- ^ "UK DEPLOYED 31 NUCLEAR WEAPONS DURING FALKLANDS WAR". Declassified UK. January 3, 2022.
- ^ Cowton, Rodney (24 August 1984). "Nuclear option in Falklands denied". The Times. No. 61918. p. 1. ISSN 0140-0460.
- ^ Aimar, Federico Piccioni (January 6, 2022). "Guerra de Malvinas: la carta que acusó al gobierno inglés de planear un ataque nuclear sobre Córdoba". La Voz (in Spanish).
- ^ Evans, Rob; Leigh, David (6 December 2003). "Falklands warships carried nuclear weapons, MoD admits". The Guardian.
- ^ "Thatcher planeaba un ataque nuclear a la Argentina". Infobae. October 16, 2017.
- ^ Henley, Jon (2005-11-22). "Thatcher 'threatened to nuke Argentina'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-21.