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    Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba

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    Proposed nuclear bombing of Córdoba
    Date1982
    Location
    Córdoba, Argentina
    Result Attack not performed

    In 1982, as part of the Falklands War, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom considered bombing the Province of Córdoba, Argentina with nuclear weapons.[1]

    Due to an investigation carried out by the Labor Party, the United Kingdom declassified material revealing that 31 nuclear weapons were included[2] 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. The plan was revealed by the New Statesman in 1984,[1] and confirmation of the inclusion of a nuclear arsenal was admitted by the United Kingdom in 2003.[3]

    The attack was not 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.[4][5]

    See also[edit]

    • Operation Black Buck
    • Malvinas War

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Londres consideró un ataque nuclear contra Argentina, según una revista británica". El País (in Spanish). August 24, 1984.
    2. ^ "UK DEPLOYED 31 NUCLEAR WEAPONS DURING FALKLANDS WAR". Declassified UK. January 3, 2022.
    3. ^ 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).
    4. ^ "Thatcher planeaba un ataque nuclear a la Argentina". Infobae. October 16, 2017.
    5. ^ Henley, Jon (2005-11-22). "Thatcher 'threatened to nuke Argentina'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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