# Loose lips sink ships - Falklands?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 11, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loose-lips-sink-ships-falklands/612523 "2012-02-11T15:48:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hagen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/45deac/32.png) [@Hagen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hagen)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loose-lips-sink-ships-falklands/612523/1 "2012-02-11T15:48:02Z")

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With the Falklands’ diplomatic situation in the news again, I decided that it was time to look up the 80s conflict. In it I discovered that the BBC broadcast news about the argentine bombs not fusing correctly prompting a change in argentine tactics. Did this result in the loss of a ship(s)? If so would this count towards the statement “loose lips sink ships” from this article?:

> **[Did loose lips actually sink any ships?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344052/did-loose-lips-actually-sink-any-ships)**

Anyways, enjoying the podcast and articles. Keep it up! (as if you’ll suddenly stop after all these years).

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**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loose-lips-sink-ships-falklands/612523/2 "2012-02-17T14:45:49Z")

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> [@Hagen](#):
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> With the Falklands’ diplomatic situation in the news again, I decided that it was time to look up the 80s conflict. In it I discovered that the BBC broadcast news about the argentine bombs not fusing correctly prompting a change in argentine tactics. Did this result in the loss of a ship(s)? If so would this count towards the statement “loose lips sink ships” from this article?:  
> [Did loose lips actually sink any ships? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2962/did-loose-lips-actually-sink-any-ships)
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> Anyways, enjoying the podcast and articles. Keep it up! (as if you’ll suddenly stop after all these years).

I don’t think so, but Argentina’s switch to retarded bombs may have been a result of the BBC reporting, or pilot after-action briefings.

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**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/loose-lips-sink-ships-falklands/612523/3 "2012-02-17T16:22:48Z")

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I suspect if the BBC could estimate that the reason that Argentine bombs were not detonating was fuse settings, the Argentines could also so acertain.