Tag: Rapier missiles

• Saturday, April 10th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentina strongly opposes UK's firing of missiles in the Falklands

  

  Argentina Friday expressed its government's utmost rejection of the announcement by British authorities that missiles were to be launched at the Falkland Islands. The Foreign Ministry warned that the “alleged defensive condition of the British military base in the South Atlantic is not only totally unjustified, but also represents a threat to the entire region.”

• Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 06:24 UTC

  Argentina complains coming Falklands’ military exercises and missile firings

  

  Argentina has protested the coming military exercises in the Falkland Islands and has complained to the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, and anticipated it will notify the situation to the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization.

• Saturday, October 28th 2017 - 07:58 UTC

  Argentina formally protests Rapier missile exercise in the Falklands

  

  Argentina presented on Thursday a formal protest to the United Kingdom embassy in Buenos Aires rejecting the military exercises with Rapier missiles in the Falkland Islands, scheduled to take place next week.

• Wednesday, March 8th 2017 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands' defense renewal with Israeli sophisticated equipment triggers controversy

  

  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.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 07:29 UTC

  Falklands' military exercises trigger protests in Buenos Aires against Macri and UK embassy

  

  Extreme left wing organizations protested on Thursday outside Britain's embassy in Buenos Aires against UK military exercises which are being carried out in the disputed Falkland Islands. The groups also slammed the Argentine government's pursuit of closer ties with the United Kingdom.

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 20:31 UTC

  Argentine navy admits testing refurbished Exocet missiles and torpedoes last February

  

  The Argentine ministry of Defense has confirmed that the Navy was involved in military exercises in the high seas last February including firing an upgraded version of MM38 Exocet missiles and trials with a refurbished torpedo from a submarine, reports the Buenos Aires media.