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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II
Just to give you an idea: do you know how much it costs to "protect" those 2000 British islanders?
"McSmith reports that the military in the area will cost the UK £61 million ($96 million) in 2012-13, which is expected to increase by £2 million ($3.14 million) each year."
( http://articles.businessinsider.com/...t-uk-falklands)
but no, it's not about the oil at all  |
That actually seems pretty cheap to me. The total UK defence budget for 2012 is £47 billion*, that's £47,000,000,000 to avoid any confusion. £63,000,000 is just over 1/10th of 1% of the UK's total defence budget. Doesn't seem like bad value to me and does rather suggest it is not exclusively about the oil.
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http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/br...012UKbt_11bc5n