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  You are right Guzzler but that help from the USA, plus satellite intelligence provided, was not easily gained and was done so only on the personal intervention of Ronald Reagan. There was considerable opposition in his administration to it, Kirkpatrick for one. They offered an old aircraft carrier as welll by the way, but it was not a practical option due to training/manpower/timescales.
  
  In addition the use of Simonstown would have been politically difficult due to aparteid, though if necessary I suspect Mrs T would have ignored that.

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