"Argentine Navy Threatens Peace in Antarctica " Topic

From Wikipedia:

"Every year in conjunction with the Chilean Navy the Argentine Navy participate in the Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada (English: Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol) to guarantee safety to all touristic and scientific ships that are in transit within the Antarctic Peninsula where the Navy is also directly responsible of maintaining the Argentine bases there."

"The Antarctic Peninsula is currently dotted with numerous research stations and has multiple claims of sovereignty. The peninsula forms part of disputed and overlapping claims by Argentina, Chile and the United Kingdom."

What do you think?

We'll see how long that lasts, since apparently rocks that tend to hold diamonds in large quantities have just been discovered on the continent.

Supposedly, mining is banned by treaty, but…….

The Argentine Navy isn't going anywhere or threatening anyone in a hurry these days…

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Malibu Max

Leaving aside the humorous photo of a decommissioned Argentine naval vessel sinking at its moorings, the Argentine navy's ability to project power probably extends as far as Mar del Plata but only if unopposed.

Nations with a vested interest in preserving, or at least buying, peace in the area need only stockpile old gold and silver milk bottle tops as within a year these will be legal tender in Argentina.

Perhaps that one was decommissioned and serving as spares, but from the same source:

'Meanwhile, Argentina's 3,100-mile coastline is being protected by a fleet that has been reduced to three destroyers, two other warships, several patrol boats, two scientific vessels, an icebreaker and the Libertad, the tall ship used to train cadets that was detained for months in Africa last year as collateral for unpaid debts.'