Confirming the disproportionate, constant and unilateral British military deployment on our Malvinas Islands, the military forces of Great Britain have already put into operation in the archipelago usurped from Argentina, the new and ultra-modern Sky Saber anti-missile system, which replaces the air defense based on the ground Rapier , which they had since 1982. Originally the British announced the installation for 2020, but after several "slight delays", including those caused by the pandemic, the new air defense system would already be in operation.
Although there was no official announcement of the extremely high-powered military equipment, its inauguration is deduced from some posts on social networks by the forces of Great Britain on the occasion of the recent Christmas and New Year's Eve. In one of them, on Facebook , a senior commander of the so-called British Forces South Atlantic Islands, Jonathan Lett, stars in a 5.28-minute video in which he recounts the activities carried out by that faction of the occupying military forces. , mainly in Ascensión and Malvinas.
In a paragraph of the communication, Lett mentions: “We have seen the transition in terms of ground-based air defense from the Rapier system, which has been in the Malvina Islands since shortly after the landings of 21 May 1982, to the new “Sky Saber system, latest generation.” Meanwhile, on the official Twitter account of the 16th Royal Artillery Regiment , they broadcast a visit by Santa Claus to the Malvinas megabase, where he spoke with the members of two military batteries deployed there: the 32 Minden and the anti-missile system, Sky Sabre .
From this it follows that they have been working on it in recent weeks. https://twitter.com/16RegtRA/status/1474781310862471169?t=x6x7A8cP-9mD5WejSSTXJA&s=08 Among other great technological advances, the Sky Saber has an effective range of up to 25 kilometers, while the previous one, Rapier, only 8 kilometers. The defense they can now exert against “aerial threats” is 360°, in any weather condition. Some media speculate that the British decided and announced the new system, after Argentina acquired five Dassault Super Ethendards , retired from the French air force. This allowed them to put forward the well-known argument of protecting the Malvinas from the Argentines, and thus justify an incalculable expense that was already the subject of criticism and questioning in Great Britain itself.
Sources: Facebook BFSAI https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=494117145329564
Military Zone https://www.zona-militar.com/2021/06/07/se-demora-la-instalacion-del-sistema-sky-sabre-en-la-islas-malvinas/
No to Colonialism in the South Atlantic https://www.noalcolonialismoenelatlanticosur.com/en-las-islas-malvinas-ya-opera-el-nuevo-sistema-de-defensa-aerea-sky-sabre/
