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Originally Posted by jimbuna
Agreed....and not overly worried at all.
The Falklands have become more important of late because of the natural resources discovered in the area.
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I was just about to ask this. According to Wikipedia, there's a population of just over 3000 on the islands, with an annual GDP of $75 milion USD. I don't understand why the UK would go to the trouble and expense of defending that. But if there's resources there, that makes more sense.