But if you want to reclaim las Malvinas you'll have to do it quickly, because the super modern HMS Queen Elizabeth will be ready around 2016 (and sister ship the HMS Prince of Wales around 2018).
Hehe, that is why i asked.
Now reading Cameron's response to our claim and his "fear" of Argentine Forces invading the Islands (Might be the dumbest idea, ever) he started to militarize the area even more, now that he lacks the Carriers to "Protect" ""his land"" from a """""possible""""" invasion he sent some jets, soldiers and ships.
Argentina invaded once, so what is to stop the Argie government from trying again? It obviousl won't happen because the country is dead broke and has zero support for the possible reclamation of a territory that never belonged to them in the first place.
@ Torenico, you really need to read up on some un-biased material to get a grasp of what truly exists on the Falklands to deter any possible aggression from the Argentine's. In the event of any hostilities, the military garrison available is more than sufficient to deter enemy forces for long enough to bring in reinforcement's.
The Brit's don't have any ships stationed in the Falklands, instead their defensive strategy relies upon superior air defence, well trained infantry and a detachment of eurofighter's that can easily shoot down anything the Argentine's can even get flying or sailing. In concert with these assets, the UK government has also built up logistic support on the island with the main focus upon the deterrent value of their strategic airlift resources, the Falklands militia and the possible deployment of nuclear submarines that could single-handedly eliminate any Argentine naval forces that were put into action.
The best chance Argentina ever had to take those islands happened over 30 years ago and it will never happen again. The British are better prepared, better armed and have the upper hand in terms of morale and community support.
your country is better off regaining the economic importance that it once held, Argentina is dying a slow death from inept governance and no amount of propaganda will save themselves from the hard choices they need to make. You might want to make war but your country cannot afford to stay alive, let alone spend billions on a lost cause.
uk briefing paper: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN06201.pdf
First of all, i do not support a new invasion of the Malvinas, mainly because it consider them, ours. They have NO right to have Islands that are WAY too far from the mainland, from London.., that's absurd, that's pure colonialism, British people have NOT learned ANYTHING at all.
Now, my country is coming out of a massive economic collapse in 2001, you have to like trough a collapse to know what I'm talking about. Thanks to US interventions, our economy was fucked up. Privatizations, may ring a bell. Now, some media don't like what we are doing, perhaps you think that our government is inept and might be ready to start a new war with England. lol to that. Perhaps, you don't like our government because it hangs out with people like Chavez and is friendly to people like Castro, hm?, don't you like the "Socialist" politics we're having?. Since the end of the military dictatorships and return of democracy in 1983, we never had such a great Government, like it or not, i don't care.
And don't come the British have always cared about the Malvinas, before 1982, NOBODY up there knew about these two islands and could not even locate them in a map, you knew that?.
About the defense forces, i simply don't give a shit, because we do not aim to take the islands by military means, diplomacy and peace is our way. You may have the wrong image of us amigo.
British are better prepared? well in the 82 war, AT LEAST, they had Aircraft Carriers....
There has been talks between Argentina and Brasil about a possible cooperation in building Nuclear Submarine.
And once again, we have no interests in taking the Malvinas with our armed forces. So go tell Cameron he has nothing to be afraid of