Extra British troops will be stationed on the island for three to six weeks.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Military chiefs are mounting a series of \u201chigh readiness reinforcement\u201d exercises to plug a strategic gap until the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier is operational in 2020.<\/p>\n
Senior military sources say the war games will be \u201clow profile\u201d as part of a commitment to ensure the UK can secure its overseas garrisons. <\/p>\n
Currently the islands have a core military presence of 1,200 troops, four Typhoon fighter jets and a missile battery. <\/p>\n
A senior source said: \u201cThe 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.\u201d <\/p>\n
Last night the Ministry of Defence said there were \u201ccurrently no plans to increase the number of troops deployed to the Falklands\u201d. <\/p>\n
However, the military source said the plan did not represent a \u201cpermanent increase in garrison numbers but a series of high-readiness exercises\u201d. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile Argentina will discuss a government-sponsored bill set to reform the Intelligence services in Congress on Friday.<\/p>\n
New regulations will bring transparency to the country\u2019s intelligence system the government says.<\/p>\n
The dissolution of the Intelligence Secretariat (SI, formerly SIDE) and the creation of a new Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI), is \u201ca major, transcendent\u201d move, according to analysts.<\/p>\n
The measure was first announced by President Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner last Monday, a week after the mysterious death of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman.<\/p>\n
Nisman\u2019s death brought to the forefront issues associated with the country\u2019s intelligence agencies. <\/p>\n
Source: UK Express<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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