Great Britain sent an atomic submarine to the Falkland Islands due to the claims of Argentina

The UK directs the atomic submarine to the Falkland Islands in conditions of increased tension in relations between London and Buenos Aires.

The Palace of Class "Trafalgar" is designed to protect the islands, which are the object of a longtime territorial dispute between the two countries. It is assumed that Tireless or Turbulent submarine will go to the southern Atlantic. At the same time, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense said that the department "" did not give comments on the deployment of submarines. "

According to the British Daily Mail , British Prime Minister David Cameron personally approved plans for the beginning of the British submarine mission.

The Premier League should enter the Falkland Islands to April, when the British-Argentine military conflict will be 30 due to their affiliation.

On Thursday, the grandson of the Queen of Great Britain arrived in Falkland, Prince William, who will be there on an army business trip as a pilot of a military rescue helicopter for a month and a half. The Argentina Foreign Ministry reacted to this, calling the British prince the Conquistador, ITAR-TASS notes.

Recall that the tension between London and Buenos Aires worsened this week after January 31, the British defense department announced that he was sending his latest destroyer Dauntless to the Falklands area. The ship should begin its first mission in the coming months, replacing the Montrose frigate.

Earlier in January of this year, David Cameron said that the future of the Falkland Islands should be determined by their inhabitants, and the Argentine authorities should be reckoned with their opinion. “As long as they want to remain citizens of Great Britain and be part of the United Kingdom, they should have such an opportunity ... What recently declared by representatives of the Argentine government, in my opinion, is very reminiscent of colonialism. Falkland residents want to be British, while in Argentina they want completely different from them,” Britaina said.

Falklands located almost one and a half kilometers from the coast of South America are the subject of a long -standing territorial dispute between Argentina and the UK.

In April 1982, an armed conflict occurred between the two countries. Then the Argentinean troops captured the Falklands, breaking the resistance of a small British garrison in the capital of Port Stanley.

In the course of this hostilities, the South American country was defeated, having lost 649 military personnel. The losses of the British side amounted to 255 people.

At the moment, the Falklands are the British overseas territory, but the Argentines are claiming these islands, which they call Malvinsky.