Britain buys Iron Dome for Falkland Islands

INN ^ | 11/24/17 04:13 | Ben Ariel

[Olog-hai]

Britain has spent £78 million protecting the Falkland Islands with a new missile defense shield also used by Israel, Russia Today reported Thursday.

The Falklands’ new Sky Sabre defense system is part of a £280-million renewal package for the islands announced by then-defense secretary Michael Fallon in 2015. The Sabre uses radar to track short-range rockets and can predict a missile’s path and blow it out of the sky before it reaches its target.

The shield utilizes the same technology as Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system, which has shot down hundreds of rockets fired from Gaza. It will be fully installed by 2020, according to RT. …

[BenLurkin]

Interesting

[stars & stripes forever]

Does America have an Iron Dome?

[SunkenCiv]

Smart move. Thanks Olog-hai.

[billorites]

"£280-million renewal package"

What?

To protect some sheep?

[blueunicorn6]

I’m telling you, if they just got rid of all the sheep on the Falkland Islands, the Argentinians would never come back.....looking for dates.

There.

I’ve insulted at least five countries and two of our states today.

That’s a good days work, and the day is only half over.

[SJackson]

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BDS won't like this

[King Moonracer]

War brides for new residents of Londonistan.

[Vermont Lt]

What could be so important in the Falklands?

Mmmmmm? Could it be oil?

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

John Lewis?

[sparklite2]

Heh. “It’s my empire, and I’m sticking to it!”

[dennisw]

https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/jan/03/falkland-islands-data-charts

SHEEP = half a million
PEOPLE= 3000

[Olog-hai]

Why quote the Grauniad?

[dennisw]

Because it always has reliable numbers for sheep in The Falklands and elsewhere.

[Olog-hai]

That seems to say something about the publication.

[SunkenCiv]

• Britain buys Iron Dome for Falkland Islands [>11/24/2017]

[SunkenCiv]

• 'Declassified UK files reveal Israel sold arms to Argentina during Falklands War' [08/29/2016]