Falklands
Margaret Thatcher dies. Falklands legacy unassailable
April 08 by Andrew ElwellMargaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister from 1979 – 1990, passed away on Monday morning leaving behind a legacy few others could equal. A divisive figure and political enigma, the fir...
Kirchner expects Cameron to do an about-turn after 180 years of British rule in Falklands
January 03 by Andrew ElwellCristina Kirchner, Argentina’s president, has written an open letter to British prime minister David Cameron imploring his government to bring its colonialism to an end in reference to the...
Falklands, remembered
May 20 by Andrew ElwellToday the National Memorial Arboretum, the UK’s centre of rememberance based in Staffordshire, had a ceremony to officially open its newest memorial – this time to remember the brave tha...
Falklands future remains uncertain 30 years on
April 01 by Defence IQ PressAfter much sabre-rattling throughout February, the rhetoric surrounding the Falklands has subsided somewhat in the weeks leading up to today’s 30thanniversary of the conflict between Britain and Argen...
Duke of Cambridge to deploy to Falklands
November 11 by Defence IQFlight Lieutenant William Wales will complete a routine deployment to the Falkland Islands as part of a crew of four RAF personnel, the RAF has confirmed. Flight Lieutenant Wales, currently servin...
Opinion: Confusing the UK Defence Budget Debate with Faulty Falklands Comparisons
September 15 by Defence Dateline GroupOne of the most oft-cited arguments against the withdrawal of HMS Ark Royal from front-line service as part of the UK’s SDSR has been the danger that a ten years plus gap in carrier operati...
Fighting Blind in Brown Water: Naval Air Defence in the Littoral
December 15 by Nick YoungOn Tuesday the 25th of May 1982, the second wave of two aircraft flew low overland towards a state-of-the-art air defence (AD) platform worth, at today’s rates, an estimated £155M. This...