UK miss-isles: Argentina fears nukes on Falklands

UK miss-isles: Argentina fears nukes on Falklands

Argentina’s foreign minister has accused the UK of deploying nuclear weapons near the disputed Falkland Islands, militarizing the South Atlantic.

Hector Timerman voiced the accusations as he lodged a formal protest with the UN on Friday. He said Argentina had intelligence that Britain had deployed a Vanguard class submarine in the area.

“Thus far the UK refuses to say whether it is true or not,” he told a journalists in New York. “Are there nuclear weapons or are there not? The information Argentina has is that there are these nuclear weapons.”.... MORE

Source:  RT.com

URL: http://rt.com/news/falkland-islands-nuclear-row-077/