Photo: Russian-built Sukhoi Su-24 jets made available to Argentina.
EXCLUSIVE: Falklands Defence Review After Military Deal Between Russia And Argentina -- Express
DEFENCES on the Falklands are being reviewed after it emerged Russia plans to offer Argentina long-range bombers.
The aircraft, which Moscow will swap for beef and wheat, would be able to mount air patrols over Port Stanley.
Ministry of Defence officials fear Buenos Aires would take delivery of the planes well before the deployment in 2020 of the Navy’s 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and its F-35B fighters, leaving a “real window of vulnerability”.
Defence cuts have left the Falklands with just four RAF Typhoon fighters, Rapier surface-to-air missiles and fewer than 1,200 troops, supported by a naval warship that visits throughout the year.
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Update: London concerned as Russian military jets available to Argentina -- Merco Press
My Comment: The U.K. supports Ukraine .... Russia responds .... and now the ability of the U.K. military contingent in the Falklands to deter any Argentina aggression is being openly discussed.
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