article_snippet: Britain will invest £180million over the next ten years in defending the Falkland Islands against a ‘very live’ threat from Argentina, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said today.
article_snippet: ‘Our policy has been to deter Argentina from repeating the folly of 1982.
article_snippet: The long-running dispute over the sovereignty of the British overseas territory has surfaced again in recent years under the presidency of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
article_snippet: We forces in the South Atlantic are entirely defensive, and are at a level required to ensure the defence of the Falkland Islands against any potential threat.
article_snippet: The Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, HMS Clyde, would also remain in the region.