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North Korea, before their terminal case of the stupids.

Photo: With the destruction of the Argentine Navy main naval base by a Royal Navy fired Polaris SLBM on Puerto Belgrano Naval Base and an adjacent Argentine city and the Chilean-Argentine War of 1986 when Chile took advantages and successfully invaded the Picton, Lennox and Nueva islands a Argentine leftist guerrilla movement in 1986 to 1989 was formed called the Movimiento Todos por la Patria (English: All for the Homeland Movement) who advocated to overthrow the Argentina government and to join Soviet Union in their war against the United Kingdom and United States. Several attacks happen in the 1986 to 1991 period, among them is the January 23rd 1989 attack on La Tablada barracks where members of Movimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP) attacked the military barracks in La Tablada, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Here a TAM VCTP can been seen driving over a car that was used by the ovimiento Todos por la Patria (MTP) as a blocakde.

Brazil also quite cheerfully made Argentina’s problems worse by seizing land along their shared border with Chile…

Argentina FAFo

Photo: Two Dassault Super Étendard of the Argentine Naval Aviation on the flight deck of the Argentinian Navy carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) during a exercises in 1986. This exercises happen before the planned second invasion of the Falklands by Argentina, as ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) was in Port Belgrano Naval Base being prepared for the invasion when the base was destroyed by a Royal Navy fired Polaris SLBM on Puerto Belgrano Naval Base.

Photo: Tiger-class cruiser, HMS Blake (C99) leaving Portsmouth Harbour to take part in the Liberation of Iceland.

One of the Cuban Tu-16s...

Both the 419th TFW and the 116th TFW (GA ANG) flew Thuds for much of the war, but the AF decided not to reestablish a formal RTU (Replacement Training Unit). Thus, each wing was responsible for training new air and ground crew, with the 419th having a det at Hill where students first flew the F-105F, then the D before being considered combat-ready. The Georgia Guard had a similar setup, but at Eglin AFB instead of their home station at Warner Robins AFB, GA.

Photo: a Former Mexican operated F-5 Tiger undergoing technical analysis in the Soviet Union. The Soviets received several aircraft which compare with the ex-VNAF examples the North Vietnamese gave them after Saigon fell, and found little or no differences.

Photo: United States Army, General Colin L. Powell, Commanding General, United States 3rd Army, addresses crew members gathered on the No. 1 and No. 2 gun turrets aboard the battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) thanking them for the fire support during Operation BORDER FURY, 1989.

Photo: Periscope photo of a Soviet Navy's Project 1833 Pegas/Berezina-class armed fleet replenishment ship Berezina (154) taken by a Royal Navy Upholder-class diesel-electric submarines before being hit by torpedoes, 1987.

VA-52 launches from USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) during mopping-up operations after the Battle of Puget Sound, June, 1986. Soviet survivors, many of them armed, had gone ashore on a number of the San Juan islands, and had to be dealt with by 3rd Marine Division. It took two weeks to clean them up.

Matt Wiser wrote: ↑Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:15 am VA-52 launches from USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) during mopping-up operations after the Battle of Puget Sound, June, 1986. Soviet survivors, many of them armed, had gone ashore on a number of the San Juan islands, and had to be dealt with by 3rd Marine Division. It took two weeks to clean them up.

I am reliably informed that one group of Soviet survivors managed to land on the one island that was inhabited by a group of stereotypical right-wing survivalists. The Marines were laughing about poor life choices...

I’ve heard that story myself. The Soviets chose… poorly…