Argentina has retired their existing Mirage jet fighters - they are just too old to continue flying. They have been searching for months for aircraft to replace them, but without much luck. Their main effort is aimed at the Israeli Kfir fighters - Israel doesn't use them any more, but have many with close-to-current electronics in storage. Israel wouldn't mind pissing off Britain, but the US has veto power over any sale because Kfirs use American jet engines. Affordable Chinese and Russian options are too short ranged. They are also talking to Brazil about buying Brazilian-manufactured Gripen fighters, but that won't happen for about a decade. And they want fighters now. Argentina might be thinking they are in a limited window to resolve the Malvinas issue militarily. Britain only keeps a single ship in the whole South Atlantic, they don't have any carriers, and their submarines are unreliable. The air defense of the islands consists of 4 Eurofighters, not all of which are flyable at any one time. But Argentina will never have anything to stand up to a Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier armed with F-35's, so once that is available in a few years (or maybe a few more..) there will be no chance. The British strategy for holding the islands is to protect only Stanley and wait for reinforcements, which is the way to do it because Stanley is the only port in the whole place and you can't maintain an invasion without it.
Britain looking to upgrade their air defenses and putting in more troops: http://www.defensenews.com/story/de...4/falkands-ground-based-air-defense/70366056/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...5/Britain-to-increase-Falklands-garrison.html Oh, and Argentina is also asking Russia to lease long-range bombers. That's new.
Israel takes turns at pissing everybody off. Especially the US. Then they take their yearly pay from the taxpayer.
Last time they thought to do that, invade the Falklands, they had their arses handed to them by a force they out numbered 6-1 A bunch of posturing Italians played generalissimo and sent a bunch of ill prepared Argie kids to hold the Falklands. Those kids they had left after they already made a lot disappear in their own country that is. Perhaps the current government has learnt what happened to the last ones who tried to take an island that doesn't belong to them, has never belonged to them and the islanders there who don't want them. Why the hell would they want to be subject to these people. When the economy is failing and the government is losing the trust of the people. (Every couple of years). Then just promise the people they can have the "Falklands".....and they fall for it. Should they ineffectively rattle their sabres once more. We'll send in Jeremy Clarkson.