Will Argentina try to take the falklands again?

[Highway Man]

I think they almost most certainly will and their military has been ramping up in the past decade to do this. Now they see an easy battle from the disaster of 1982.

 

[Highway Man]

Worryingly they have just aquired 3 X P3 Orion intelligence gathering aircraft from Norway which have been actively gathering intelligence in the skies surrounding the Falklands,. They also know we have nothing in reserve to send out there like we did in 19982. Today the feeling in Argentina with regards to the Falklands is the same as it was in 1981. We saw this in the world cup fiasco.

 

[Dec27]

They won’t, rock hopper are locked in.

 

[Highway Man]

They won’t, rock hopper are locked in.

 

[JP_]

I doubt it. A mate, who's a politcal scientist of sorts in US, made an interesting point - if they had waited, we might well have given it up, as we were giving up small distant patches at the time - Zimbabwe (1980), Vanuatu (1980), Belize (1981), and Antigua and Barbuda (1981).

And the UK and Argentina signed a 1968 memorandum aiming to recognise Argentine sovereignty, subject to future safeguards.

But, with military spending on the rise in the UK, they might have missed the boat already ...

 

[Highway Man]

I doubt it. A mate, who's a politcal scientist of sorts in US, made an interesting point - if they had waited, we might well have given it up, as we were giving up small distant patches at the time - Zimbabwe (1980), Vanuatu (1980), Belize (1981), and Antigua and Barbuda (1981).

And the UK and Argentina signed a 1968 memorandum aiming to recognise Argentine sovereignty, subject to future safeguards.

But, with military spending on the rise in the UK, they might have missed the boat already ...

It would be difficult to take them but even harder for us to get them back if they did. All analysts are suggesting March 2028 when they will try, if they try.

 

[motorbiking]

they wont try again. They have a better chance of getting the Labour government to give them away with a cash bonus and an apology.

 

[Justin Passing]

View attachment 419093

Wrong sort of penguin. None like that on the Falklands. In fact I don't think there are any quite like that, anywhere...

Those helmets lack a chinstrap, but those aren't there either...

But yes I think it's quite likely the Argies will have another go.

 

[SPLINE]

No they won't, nothing will happen, although there will be a lot of talk, bluster and propaganda about having to deal with Argentina amid the prospect of annihilation from Russia.

All the while, the real invasion continues...