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| A Su-30MK2 of Vietnam's Air Force (File Photo) |
With the support of Western allies, Vietnam is capable of inflicting serious damage to the People's Liberation Army in a potential war over the disputed South China Sea, according to Kanwa Defense Review, operated by Canadian military anaylyst Andrei Chang, also known as Pinkov.
Chang cited the example of the Falklands War of 1982 between Britain and Argentina to illustrate his point, stating that the Argentine Air Force successfully sank or damaged six British Royal Navy ships with only five French-built Super Etendard fighter aircraft and 48 obsolete US-built A-4 Skyhawk attackers, though Argentina was ultimately defeated. The magazine stated that five French-built Exocet anti-ship missiles with a range of only 50 kilometers with which the Super Etendards were equipped, played the most important role in sinking and damaging the British ships during the conflict over the British islands in the South Atlantic, claimed by Argentina as the Malvinas.
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