Oil Bank Robbers in the south seas (near Argentina)

Or how to rob the bank of Argentina...

Falklands-Malvinas Night-life tips. They welcome all.
Just as well.

Falkands-Malvinas Warnings and Dangers - people tips. other than a possible war zone, there are mine-fields and the unexpected Sea-Lions (in local jargon called Lions) which are quite dangerous... people dont realise.

19th Feb 2010. Daily Mail uk...
Couldnt send a task force to the Falklands again....
"We are also down to one effective aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious. Unfortunately, its pilots and Harrier GR9 bombers are now stationed almost permanently in Afghanistan. The Sea Harriers that proved so useful in the Falklands have long since gone to the scrapheap.

In fact, the Navy has so few available planes that they had to ask the U.S. Marine Corps for some of theirs, just to provide Illustrious's crew with a bit of practice.

But the figures are grim wherever you look. We had 320,000 armed forces personnel in 1982; now we have 188,000. And with so many serving in theatres around the world, where would we now muster the thousands of elite troops it took to win the 1982 conflict?

And so it goes on. In 1982, we had 17 destroyers and sent eight to the Falklands. Now we have only seven - and many of them are engaged in policing waters elsewhere."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1252149/Its-bitter-truth-We-send-task-force-Falklands-today.html#ixzz0fxU64q5l"
and;
satire.
"Argentina is threatening to stop a Scottish oil rig drilling in disputed waters off the Falkland Islands.

The deep-sea platform, which is due to begin exploration today, has been shadowed by Argentine air force jets and Buenos Aires has declared a shipping blockade.

While this is hardly the Cuban missile crisis and no one is suggesting it could lead to a second Falkands war, the diplomatic tensions have thrown into sharp relief Britain's ability to defend her sovereign territory in the South Atlantic.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1252133/Man-pedaloes-chaps-save-Falklands.html#ixzz0fxUc1dPe"
oh bugger!
"Could we do it again? Although the Falklands are far better defended than they were in 1982, all the evidence suggests not.

Our under-equipped armed forces have been stretched to breaking point in Afghanistan and Iraq. A recent spending review even proposed merging all three branches of the services to save money.

Let's imagine Argentina attempted a second invasion. The British garrison would offer fierce resistence. So would the local territorials, Port Stanley's answer to the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard. We've also got four fighter planes, one destroyer and one patrol boat stationed in the area.

But military experts have been saying for years that we would never again be able to mount another Falklands rescue.

And even if we tried, how would we go about it? The Americans wouldn't be too thrilled if we withdrew our troops from the global war on terror in Helmand Province to relieve an obscure outcrop of empire in the South Atlantic.

Even if we had enough soldiers back home ready to deploy, we'd have trouble getting them there. The QE2, which last time served as a troop ship, is now a floating hotel and casino in Dubai harbour."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1252133/Man-pedaloes-chaps-save-Falklands.html#ixzz0fxV4UHs6"
The Telegraph is more optomistic.. Royal Navy UK on Standby over Falklands-2.
(all be it One distroyer, some paddle patrol boat and a handful of dingys... but they know a guy with a surfboard too)... and the subs lurking under the water, still a few of them.