On the complex chessboard of the South Atlantic, the United Kingdom has just made a new move that confirms its strategy of "logistical depth" in the region. While media attention disperses, the Royal Air Force (RAF) continues to maintain a permanent air bridge between Mount Pleasant and Santiago, Chile , using regional military installations to sustain its colonial enclave.

A logistics system that ignores borders

The recent activity of the Airbus A400M Atlas (registration ZM413) , reported by media outlets such as Infodefensa and Escenario Mundial The recent events should not be interpreted as an isolated incident. The aircraft operated with the Chilean Air Force's (FACH) Aviation Group No. 10 at Pudahuel Air Base .

Although this flight avoided Argentine continental airspace by detouring around Cape Horn, it does not diminish the political gravity of the event . On the contrary, it demonstrates that London has managed to normalize a military logistics corridor with the acquiescence of neighboring countries, breaking the isolation that Argentine diplomacy should maintain regarding the NATO military base on our islands.

Timeline of flights in 2025

At Agenda Malvinas we have documented how the use of airports and bases in Chile and Uruguay has become a constant:

The weakness of the official response

The problem isn't just British audacity, but the inadequacy of the Argentine response . In the last two years, we've gone from a policy of active denunciation to one of "social media management." Javier Milei 's government accepted these moves as part of a new status quo , where sovereignty is proclaimed in press releases but surrendered in practice.

Sovereignty is not an abstract concept to be debated in forums; it is the ability to prevent an invader from breathing comfortably on our territory. And today, British logistics are breathing easier than ever.