Submarines ‘delaying’ invasion

The Navy’s failure to find Argentina’s two modern submarines patrolling the waters around the Falkland Islands is delaying Britain’s invasion plans, according to Newsweek magazine.

“They’re getting a little panicky about locating those subs,” Newsweek quoted an American source as saying.

“Until they find them, they can’t bring on the Canberra or the QE2.”

The submarines are the Salta and the San Luis, both of which have crews of 32 and are armed with eight torpedo tubes.

Newsweek also quoted U.S. intelligence sources as saying that more than a dozen Soviet and Polish trawlers, some equipped with advanced electronic spying equipment, were near the Falklands.