Falklands guard ship HMS Medway at the centre of a diplomatic storm
The Royal Navy's HMS Medway has sparked a diplomatic protest from Argentina after a routine transit to a Chilean port. Argentina claims the movement violates maritime agreements, while the UK maintains the ship's presence is for security and humanitarian cooperation.
A lightly-armed Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel completing a routine passage to a Chilean port raised Anglo-Argentine tensions, which have been magnified by a football match. The row says less about the naval balance in the South Atlantic than it does about the political weather in Buenos Aires, but British forces in the region are being asked to hold a great deal of ground with very little.
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