Falkland Islands Update

   In an update its been announced that Britain is sending two troop-carrying Chinook Helicopters and a new surface-to-air missile system to help bolster the defences on the Falklands.

   Some articles have stated that there is evidence the Russians are trying to back the Argentines into attempting another invasion.  They hope that this will distract the British from Russia's current activities in eastern Europe and the Ukraine.

   The Russian embassy in London said in a statement, after U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond criticized Russia over Crimea: "In its rhetoric Foreign Office applies one logic to the referendum in the Malvinas/Falklands, and a different one to the case of Crimea."

   The loss of the Falklands War still rankles Argentina.

   Left-leaning President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, struggling with a debt crisis at home, has also recently brought the islands back to attention. She said late last year: "The Malvinas has always belonged to Argentina, the same way that Crimea also belonged to the Soviet Union until it was given to Ukraine."