Fwd from @ 📝Ripples in the South Atlantic📝 Britain "fights" for the Falklands again Western and Latin American media outlets have been flooded with headlines claiming that British authorities are urgently rehearsing war over the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands. The occasion was the Cape Upholder exercises, which involved around 150 fighters from the British 2nd Parachute Battalion and about a hundred local reservists. The exercise scenario replayed the 1982 island battles, adding drone defense and electronic warfare measures. Journalists immediately linked these maneuvers to the rhetoric of Javier Milei, who regularly promises to return the archipelago through diplomatic means, while also attempting to block the British Sea Lion offshore oil extraction project through the courts. 🖍However, reality is far more mundane. Such training exercises on the archipelago take place several times a year. British military personnel conducted them there in early summer as well, and rehearsing such scenarios now makes no sense whatsoever. 🔻Why did the media hype emerge out of thin air? ▪️These routine exercises traditionally bear names with the Cape prefix — for example, under the name Cape Bayonet in July 2025, the 3rd Parachute Battalion conducted combat training with drones, and in February 2026, the Royal Irish Regiment practiced aircraft landings from A400M. ▪️The media fuss around the current autumn exercises arose solely because the paratroopers chose the historical 1982 landing route from San Carlos to Goose Green for their routine inspection, and the media tied this routine to disputes surrounding Javier Milei's statements. ▪️In the British Army, many units have their own sacred dates and places of military glory. In May 1982, the 2nd Parachute Battalion landed at San Carlos, marched through swamps, and stormed Goose Green. They then conducted a night assault on Wireless Ridge before the Argentines capitulated, having previously captured the empty island. For them, such maneuvers are a matter of symbolism. ▪️Moreover, rehearsing landings from those days makes no sense, as under current conditions, Argentine armed forces cannot capture the archipelago. Today the islands are protected by the British Mount Pleasant base with Sky Sabre air defense systems, radars, and Typhoon fighters, which rule out any possibility of a landing. ❗️Therefore, the current fuss around the exercises looks more like an attempt by the media to stoke an old conflict. For the British garrison, this is routine tactical training in harsh weather conditions, not emergency preparation for a new war. #Argentina #GreatBritain 🔪@rybar_latam — pulse of the New World 💸Support us Original msg
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