How Did Putin get inserted into that story? Story sourced from the Sun of all places but still with no mention of Putin?
Unless he was edited out before I read it.
Next he'll be on page 3 of the Sun and maybe under the bed or in the closet too.
The Argies would be nuts to even consider it seriously. Putin would be even more stupid to back it. I would bet against it.
I found this regarding lease of SU 24 long range bombers to Argentina. That alone would hardly provide the capability to mount an invasion. They would be vulnerable to RAF Typhoons and Rapier Ground to Air systems. Even if Argentina were to acquire Gripen fighters the nearest airbase being Rio Grand is around 700km from the Falklands with the Gripen being a short range fighter +/- 800km CR. Not an ideal platform for flying top cover.
More like the Argentinians want to appear to strengthen to drive home a point of diplomacy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...-Russians.html