Picture a far-flung clump of islands straddling the vast South Atlantic, where penguins outnumber people. Welcome to the Falkland Islands-an archipelago that has just become the center of a high-stakes international game of chess. The UK has just made a bold move, shelling out £30 million for a beefed-up air defense system there and it […]
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