Britain says to "beef up" defence of disputed Falkland Islands

[jammersat]

This time it's the other way around , in the 80s , argentine used falkland claims to escape domestic problems , now david cameron is beefing up to beef up the british people.

 

[Schutz]

This time it's the other way around , in the 80s , argentine used falkland claims to escape domestic problems , now david cameron is beefing up to beef up the british people.

No, not heard any mention of this on any news outlet and doubt I will, its fairly problem free here at the moment. It was there dodgy leader who was using it again last year and earlier this year.

And the Pak above, you gave no reasons why it belongs to Argentina, it belonged to the Spanish empire and then the British, never Argentina who would most likely just turn it into an offshore cocaine distribution centre.

 

[Pakistani E]

Falkland is British now, deal with it.

 

[Donatello]

Just station two Type 45s and a Astute class Submarine. That'll be enough for the time.

 

[Hindustani78]

UK Seeks To Update Falklands Air Defense

Britain is to deploy two RAF Chinook transport helicopters to help the islands' garrison to help mount a "swift and decisive response" to any "emerging incidents," Mr Fallon told MPs.

Defence Ministry officials recently briefed industry on its requirements for a battle management C4I system and have issued a pre-qualification questionnaire.

Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Saab are among the companies known to have attended the February briefing by the British MoD.

The contract comes in what the British call its B1 funding category, which means the value of the BMC4I deal will be between £100 million and £250 million.

The command-and-control system will be part of an air defense system that will include a new ground-to-air missile being developed by MBDA and Saab's Giraffe radar, which is already in service with the British military.

The MoD spokesman said the BMC4I-based requirement is in the assessment phase with the contract award to go ahead, known here as the main gate decision, by May 2016.

"The potential threat posed to our forces from air platforms and their munitions has evolved and the system required must interact with the Future Local Area Air Defence System [FLAADS] [Land] and G-AMB radar system, meaning it needs a solution incorporating additional capabilities [like weapon control] for which LEAPP was not designed," he said.

With an aging Air Force, Argentina poses no threat to the islands. The Argentineans, though, have been trying, so far without success, to modernize a force that consists of Mirage III, Super Entendard and Nesher combat jets.

French, Swedish, Russian and Chinese-made jets have all been touted as possible options for cash strapped Argentina to replace some of their old aircraft.

The Buenos Aires government has always denied media reports that it was in talks to buy or lease Sukhoi Su-24 jets from Russia in a beef-for-fighters barter.

Chinooks to boost falklands defence | Daily Mail Online

The move comes amid reports that Russia is working on an agreement to lease 12 long-range Sukhoi SU-24 bombers to Argentina which could be used to support a renewed attack.

British soldiers man a howitzer during military exercises at Mount Pleasant British base, Falklands Photo: AFP/Getty Images

 

[Steve781]

Argentina cannot be an aggressor since the land belongs to them.

There was no such country as "Argentina" in 1833.

Unfortunately Argentina didn't become a country until 1810.
Before then they were Spanish subjects.

So it looks like they never had those islands

I don't think Argentina in its current from existed until the 1850s.

 

[Penguin]

Containerized NSM, I tell you.

 

[Hindustani78]

Containerized NSM, I tell you.

NSM ?

 

[KingMamba]

how did you come to the conclusion.

that's like me saying all of Pakistan and Kashmir belongs to India.
which is more truer than the Falklands belonging to Argentina.

Lmaooo there is no equivalence.

 

[Superboy]

Argentina claims Falklands just like Ukraine claims Crimea.

Falklands has millions of penguins.

 

[East or West India Best]

Beef up? These Brits are always taking jabs at us!

 

[Kompromat]

Once a land grabber, always a land grabber. The Brits have looted and pillaged every continent, commiting genocides along the way. Yet they claim the championship of civility, human rights and moral high ground.

British have no claim on Falklands, its just able to occupy it under force. It has as much claim on Falklands as it did on Hong Kong.

 

[Superboy]

Once a land grabber, always a land grabber. The Brits have looted and pillaged every continent, commiting genocides along the way. Yet they claim the championship of civility, human rights and moral high ground.

British have no claim on Falklands, its just able to occupy it under force. It has as much claim on Falklands as it did on Hong Kong.

After WW2, Britian lost all colonial territory except Falklands, just like France lost all colonial territory except French Guiana.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

After WW2, Britian lost all colonial territory except Falklands, just like France lost all colonial territory except French Guiana.

They still have many of the Caribbean vacation islands.
Actually they have a bunch of strategic islands all around the world.

 

[senheiser]

good news let them spend money there we should also sell argentinia our cheaper weapons