The UK Government has announced that its sending the warship HMS Dauntless to the Falkland Islands.
The deployment's been described as 'routine', but it comes at a time of rising tensions between Britain and Argentina.
Meanwhile, away from the South Atlantic, the head of the Army has warned that MOD budget cuts could diminish Britain's military capabilities around the world.
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