via express.co.uk
The aircraft, which Moscow will swap for beef and wheat, would be able to mount air patrols over Port Stanley.A low level high speed approach to launch point.
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.
A popup to launch long range missiles and a supersonic dash back to base effectively nullifies current UK defense planning for the Falkland Islands.
The Brits are going to have to rethink their defense of these islands with a quickness.
