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    UK says Falklands defences remain robust

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    2. im-sorry-watt on

      Sure thing buddy. I’ve worked a small project up in Menwith Hill (split RAF and US base). And what a shambles the UK side. Like being in a council facility. Robust my arse.

      Fortunately, I imagine it’s more than adequate for Argentina. A nation who’s largest export was the now retired Lionel Messi. A nation which is about to become the world first, fourth world country

    3. tree_boom on

      Yeah they’re fine. The current state of the Navy is not really relevant anymore; the garrison is pretty well provisioned and designed to be able to defend the islands well enough for them to be reinforced from the UK in a rush when needed.

    4. UnfortunateWah on

      No surprise, there’s enough Sky Sabre to kill Argentina’s entire air force at Mount Pleasant, and enough Typhoon to kill their Naval fleet.

    7. CmdFerU on

      Good for you boys, but you are wasting resources on a war that will never happen. What worries me is the amount of effort you are putting in distract your self from your inner problems.

    8. ACompletelyLostCause on

      While the current state of Argentina’s military is poor, they are looking to buy 2-3 Dutch frigates and 3 submarines. It will cost them a fortune that they probably can’t afford. But if they do buy them, then we’d struggle to hold on to the Falklands without a serious increase in resources.

      Given our own limited resources, I think the uk has to embrace drone opperations in the Falklands.

    10. Scrabo on

      They can’t invade the Falklands but they could acquire thousands of drones to hammer the garrison. The US would likely let them use starlink for guidance.

    12. GeorgeLFC1234 on

      The current situation is not about Argentinian military power it’s laughable. It’s about what the Americans decide to do.

    13. Hellstorm901 on

      Argentina realistically cannot invade the islands conventionally but could invade using a “Men in Green” pantomime like Russia did in Crimea as this was how Argentina invaded originally so while we are confident of our defences to ward off hostile ships and aircraft we should be mindful of the possibility of Argentina commandos or nationalist militias getting on the island by small boat or as tourists then pulling a “Now we are here we refuse to leave” theatrical plot to create an international issue

      Poland and other Eastern European states have been on guard for the past couple weeks for Putin or more specifically his Belarusian puppet on his orders pulling something akin to this

    14. ThatManSam1 on

      Tbf they aren’t going to publicly say “the defenses are shit, Argentina could take them if they wanted” they’re always only going to say the same answer. But also good luck to Argentina if they tried lmao.

    15. tskir on

      I love that the thumbnail shows Falklands from space. Makes you think that Britain is protecting them with a humongous space death ray laser or something

    16. WatzUpzPeepz on

      Argentina is not a credible threat, my main concern is defence more broadly.

      Can we find some group of unfortunate individuals who the MPs will tolerate to be at the short end of the stick, so that we can boost defence spending to the requisite level?

      I hope so. I like to think Burnham has will and clout to pull it off. Time will tell if both are true. The peace dividend is well and truly over.