Talk:Exercise Armageddon

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Date of declassification

According to this link a document that sounds a lot like Exercise Armageddon was released at the end of 2000. Was the 2004 source in the documentary or a newspaper? Autarch (talk) 17:34, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You are right; the TV documentary said 2004 but you link to the same plan published in 2001.Red Hurley (talk) 07:30, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Updated it - the Independent refers just to a handwritten copy, so there may have been a separate release for the typed version. Autarch (talk) 18:43, 14 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

troops in Derry

Memory tells me (and memory can be mistaken) that the Irish troops sent to the border at Derry and the British troops sent into Derry, had both just come back from joint UN duty in Cyprus, so they would have known each other. this made accidental conflict between them unlikely ClemMcGann (talk) 23:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Motivation

The Belfast Telegraph - The Troubles Gallery - 40 Years of Conflict in Northern Ireland from the Belfast Telegraph Archives, 12 November 2014: "Historian John Walsh has commented about Blaney and Boland: ‘They were not seeking simply to protect Catholics: both saw the violence a chance to undermine partition and force Britain to concede a united Ireland’." ← ZScarpia 00:38, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Counter-invasion?

"There was a high chance that the British would counter the invasion with a counter-invasion of the Republic, most likely resulting in the capitulation of the Republic to UK forces in a hypothetical retaliatory invasion and occupation."

This is highly speculative, building "what ifs" upon "what ifs". A defeat of invading Irish army forces would have resulted in a collapse of the Irish government, like in the Falklands in 1982. So for now I suggest we remove this, unless someone can find a British policy document showing in what circumstances it would have counter-invaded.78.16.89.244 (talk) 08:12, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]