Why Great Britain Decided to Strengthen Air Control in the Falklands

Despite improved dialogue between Argentina and the United Kingdom since Javier Milei’s government took office, 25 F16 fighter jets were purchased from the United States, which have yet to arrive, and four Orions from Norway for maritime patrols, but before him. Reinforcement with additional games London sees a strike notice as the Treasury plans for a national defense budget: the country’s Ministry of Defense The Falkland Islands will upgrade its entire air command and control system.

In announcements made by the British Ministry of Defense (MoD), they were able to learn from Argentine officials ClarionThere are two new features. On the one hand, the modernization of the system was awarded to the American company IBM with an important contract worth 30 million pounds.

It includes delivery, integration and initial support in service Air Command and Control System (Air C2), called “Guardian”, According to a report by the Ukdefencejournal site. On the other hand, this is the first major update after Great Britain’s departure from the European Union, known as Brexit.

The contract will “cover the use of the system in both the United Kingdom and the Falklands, with the first year dedicated to achieving full operational capability (FOC) and an additional two years for in-service support. It is a system, they said, designed to improve coordination and response times, particularly for high in a risky environment,” say experts in London.

The system is designed to improve coordination and response times, especially in high-threat environments. IBM’s current status as the computer’s original equipment manufacturer (OEM) was a key factor in awarding the contract directly to the company, ensuring there were no compatibility or security issues, citing technical reasons.

He The UK’s largest land, air and sea defense system surrounds the Falkland IslandsThe Georgia Islands and the South Sandwich Islands – which include periodic and uninterrupted military exercises with missile tests that also act as a deterrent – began building it up in the mid-1980s, after they won the 1982 war with Argentina. Titanic Mount Pleasant Air Base.

To be honest, with ups and downs, what the British are doing is not necessarily further militarizing the archipelago as Kirchnerism maintains, but rather modernizing their existing systems, albeit with reduced personnel – reserved for other wars on the planet. But this already keeps their abilities high. They continue to view Argentina as a threat because of its claim to sovereignty and the political cycles of that claim.

Recently, during a session of the United Nations General Assembly, when Miley traveled to the end of September, Prime Minister Diana Mondino and new Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs agreed to take a statement – which was heavily criticized by the opposition and Argentine experts – that London and Buenos Aires marked the starting point of the dialogue with labor and independent management.

Mondino and Lammy agreed Reinstate a second weekly flight to the developed islands in 2019 Alberto Fernandez was suspended by the government along with Mauricio Macri’s administration. It made San Pablo-Mount Pleasant weekly and Córdoba once a month. Foreign Ministers also agreed to MoUs on fisheries matters. Argentina, on the other hand, has been advancing hydrocarbon exploration in the islands without intervention.

It is known The British did not object to some Argentine military purchasesLike F16 and Orion. Argentina is well-regarded in the West as a “global partner” of NATO. There are now loud spats with the United States and the United Kingdom over Milley’s friendly statements toward China. Also, there will be some kind of restrictions on the procurement of weapons for the F16. No one confirms it.

“I was very pleasantly surprised about China. He is a very interesting business partnerBecause it doesn’t ask for anything, the only thing they’re asking is that they don’t bother,” the president said in an interview weeks ago, drawing obvious irritation in Washington. Also, although Carina Miley is expected to travel to the Shanghai trade fair in November, an immediate meeting between Miley and Xi Jinping has not been ruled out if the Chinese president attends the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.

It should be remembered that former President Christina Kirchner’s strategic approach to Russia and China led London and the islands to strengthen their defenses and carry out more preventive exercises and in 2012, on the 30th anniversary of the war, they strengthened the military embargo. Argentina’s ability to purchase equipment, weapons and components on the international market was greatly affected. It started to become more flexible in 2018.

But this has always been a major issue around the F16 and Orion, which Chileans also view with skepticism, and in fact Argentina has been pushing for years to bolster its dismal military fleet in all areas. The 1982 war and the British helped ensure that it was never recovered.