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Argentina's F-16s said to have limited capacities due to UK concerns
According to an Argentine high-ranking military official quoted by Buenos Aires' La Política Online but left unnamed, the recent acquisition of US-built second-hand F-16 fighter jets from Denmark did not include certain features at the UK's request. Read full article
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Jul 15th, 2025 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Is it any wonder Britain is doing this. Argentina still declares a state of hostility towards us. They have learned not to trust Argentina. Before 1982 Britain fell into the trap of believing Argentina would not attack the Falklands. They let their guard down and it cost them.that won't happen again.
Jul 15th, 2025 - 01:59 pm - Link - Report abuse +1Once bitten twice shy.
Argentina has recently ramped up its mythical claim because they know oil is very close to extraction on the islands and they want it. In fact they want all the wealth they know surrounds these islands including the whole of the south West Atlantic. They have known about this wealth long before the islands became of interest to them. They also know that another country owns them, so they created the myth that Spain gave the islands to them.
It is a political power struggle for them, because they know he who controls the area controls the entire southern region of the world.
F16s are no match for a Typhoon,
Jul 15th, 2025 - 03:09 pm - Link - Report abuse +1And these are very old F16, without drop tanks (which reduces the pay load) or air to air refuelling, they don’t have the range to even make it to the Falklands, never mind back to Argentina.
Jul 15th, 2025 - 05:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0There is talk about Argentina also buying tanker aircraft, we shall see if that actually happens, my guess would be it doesn’t.
Also, Britain is now acquiring F35As along with the B variant, which have a combat range of 669 nmi (770 mi, 1,239 km) interdiction mission (air-to-surface) on internal fuel. 760 nmi (870 mi; 1,410 km), air-to-air configuration on internal fuel.
This acquisition by Argentina does not, by itself, change the military balance in the S. Atlantic.
However, given the strategic location of the Falklands, for access to Antarctica and the rest of the British S. Atlantic territories, I can see the British military deployment being increased there both in terms of numbers and capabilities, in the not-too-distant future.
Which will upset some people in Argentina no doubt, but frankly who cares.
How terrible!
Jul 15th, 2025 - 05:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina won't be able to attack somebody else, like the British Falklands Islands.
What are the poor dear going to do?
@ Falklands-Free:
Jul 21st, 2025 - 11:14 am - Link - Report abuse 0Argentina has not declared a state of hostility. It claims the territories that were taken from it by the United Kingdom since 1833. The United Kingdom knows about its crime, which is why it has systematically refused to engage in dialogue.
All the wealth you mention belongs to Argentina; the United Kingdom belongs to the North Atlantic; this is not its place.
The only ones who created a myth and repeat the falsehood that the islands are British are you.
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The American government, with Andrew Jackson as president, addressed the Spanish government through its representative in Madrid, with the aim of knowing if the Falkland/Malvinas Islands had been part of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. Don Martín Fernández de Navarrete, the renowned Spanish historian, was in charge of answering the president. His reply was delivered on October 15th, 1833, and is extremely important:
Navy captain Mr. Felipe Ruiz Puente proceeded to take possession of said islands, on behalf of His Catholic Majesty and in his capacity of governor, and on April 1st, 1767 the Spanish flag was raised at Soledad bay. Since then, the peaceful possession of the Malvinas was not disturbed again, as possessions of the Spanish Crown and its viceroyalty of Buenos Aires. It can be concluded from this that the Malvinas islands, as possessions of the viceroyalty of Buenos Aires before the insurrection, lawfully belong to Spain like all the countries of that portion of America, until such a time as His Majesty determines their future fate.
The United Kingdom is in the North Atlantic Malvi.
Jul 22nd, 2025 - 11:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Falkland Islands are in the South Atlantic, inhabited by Falkland Islanders who choose to be British. They can choose to be anything they want.
They are no more an “implanted population” than you are, in fact far less so.
I have destroyed every single lie you have told about 1833.
West Falkland was indeed part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Rio Plata. The Spanish vacated the island, not one single Spanish inhabitant claimed independence, and they all left via Montevideo. The islands were vacant.
Argentina attempted to seize the islands by force in October 1832 and had already failed in their usurpation, mutinied and murdered their new governor and raped his wife before planning to leave before HMS Clio arrived. Just another sordid tale in Argentine history.
@Monkey
Jul 22nd, 2025 - 12:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0-West Falkland was indeed part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Rio Plata.-
I congratulate you because you're gradually correcting your error.
In any case, it's not entirely correct because the Falklands archipelago belonged to the Viceroyalty.
....Navy captain Mr. Felipe Ruiz Puente proceeded to take possession of SAID ISLANDS, on behalf of His Catholic Majesty and in his capacity of governor, ......
-The Spanish vacated the island, not one single Spanish inhabitant claimed independence, and they all left via Montevideo. The islands were vacant.-
It can be concluded from this that the Malvinas islands, as possessions of the viceroyalty of Buenos Aires before the insurrection, lawfully belong to Spain like all the countries of that portion of America, until such a time as His Majesty determines their future fate.
As has been proven, the islands were not empty; they were not terra nullius; they were disputed, and the dispute was not limited to the islands but also occurred on the mainland.
Furthermore, if the islands were empty, can you explain to me how the islands are British?
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