Extra British troops will be stationed on the island for three to six weeks.
They are part of a force of more than 1,000 soldiers being prepared for duty in the south Atlantic and will be sent out in five tranches of 150 to 300.
They will include members of the Royal Artillery and 3 Commando, Royal Marines, with each group staying on the islands for three to six weeks.
Military chiefs are mounting a series of “high readiness reinforcement” exercises to plug a strategic gap until the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is operational in 2020.
Senior military sources say the war games will be “low profile” as part of a commitment to ensure the UK can secure its overseas garrisons.
Currently the islands have a core military presence of 1,200 troops, four Typhoon fighter jets and a missile battery.
A senior source said: “The aim is to put more than 1,000 troops from five different cap badges into the islands by November but they will deploy in small groups from 150 to 300, for short tours.”
Last night the Ministry of Defence said there were “currently no plans to increase the number of troops deployed to the Falklands”.
However, the military source said the plan did not represent a “permanent increase in garrison numbers but a series of high-readiness exercises”.
Meanwhile Argentina will discuss a government-sponsored bill set to reform the Intelligence services in Congress on Friday.
New regulations will bring transparency to the country’s intelligence system the government says.
The dissolution of the Intelligence Secretariat (SI, formerly SIDE) and the creation of a new Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI), is “a major, transcendent” move, according to analysts.
The measure was first announced by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last Monday, a week after the mysterious death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman.
Nisman’s death brought to the forefront issues associated with the country’s intelligence agencies.
Source: UK Express