Argentina and US advancing in construction of an integrated naval base in Tierra del Fuego
Monday, July 28th 2025 - 10:59 UTC
The Argentine government shipyard Company Tandanor has finished the flat cement foundation on which the Joint Antarctic Command for the Ushuaia integrated naval base in Tierra del Fuego province is to be built, points out Buenos Aires media.
According to Argentine president Javier Milei statements back in April, and following visits from several top United States defense and naval officers, the project is part of a joint collaboration between Argentina and United States, which attempts to contain Chinese influence in the extreme South Atlantic and Antarctica.
The joint project allegedly also means the end of a similar operation, but financed by China, following on agreements with Beijing, to which former president Cristina Fernandez and her puppet successor Alberto Fernandez had secretly reached.
What has also surprised is the speed with which the foundations were built, given that in Tierra del Fuego province, during July, there is a ‘winter ban’ of all construction activities particularly when water and other liquid elements are involved in setting cement, given extreme cold temperatures.
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