Falklands' defense renewal with Israeli sophisticated equipment triggers controversy

Wednesday, March 8th 2017 - 09:58 UTC

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Britain has awarded £153 million (US$ 187 million) worth of contracts to equip the Falkland Islands with a new ground-based air-defense system known as Sky Sabre, the Ministry of Defense has confirmed, according to Defense News. Read full article

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imoyaro
Sure, the individuals who were behind the AMIA bombing and their lackeys (I won't use the term people,) are “defecating” a brick right now. Good times... ;)
Mar 08th, 2017 - 10:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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HughJuanCoeurs
It shouldn't be too long before the rabid Malvinistas start their tirade about militarisation of the South Atlantic again so let me head them off with the question “Why do we need to install and maintain all this military hardware in the Falklands in the first place?” That's right... because of a certain illegal invasion back in 1982.
Mar 08th, 2017 - 01:47 pm - Link - Report abuse +5
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Pugol-H
They need constant reminding the S. Atlantic/Antarctic belongs to us, and unlike the Inca or Mapuche we have more than just sticks and stones with which to defend our territory.
Mar 08th, 2017 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Jo Bloggs
So I guess we can cross Israel from the list of “EVERY country in the world that supports Argentina's claim over the Falklands.”
Mar 08th, 2017 - 04:45 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Pete Bog
Makes a change from them supplying the Argentines. Except, I doubt it would be good for future sales, to see more Israeli jets get splashed by the Brits, or more likely to end up as scrap due to no maintenance.
Mar 11th, 2017 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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