Argentina Revives Plan for South Atlantic Naval Base Amid Falklands Tensions
The project is only 9% complete, and officials say the base will be a fully Argentine logistics hub with no U.S. collaboration.
- Argentine President Javier Milei ordered priority in the government's 2027 budget for 'the development of the Integrated Naval Base and other strategic projects' in Ushuaia.
- Construction has stalled on the 38-hectare site since the foundation stone was laid in 2022, with only about nine percent of the planned facility complete and just a 2,500-square-meter concrete slab visible.
- Officials now insist any facility will be 100 percent Argentine, walking back Milei's 2024 declaration of a 'joint military base' with the United States. The location holds 'high geopolitical value, situated on a channel connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.'
- On Friday, Argentina's foreign and defense ministers visited the desolate site to demonstrate resolve. Presidential spokesman Adrian Ravier stated Tuesday there is 'no material collaboration from the United States to build the base.'
- Construction continues nearby on a 40-megawatt thermal power plant backed by Chinese funding due for completion next year. Argentina maintains 13 scientific bases in the region to support its geopolitical projection toward Antarctica.
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Argentina revives plan for South Atlantic naval base amid Falklands tensions
This is the dormant site of the proposed Ushuaia naval base that right-wing Argentine President Javier Milei wants to revive to serve as a military and logistical hub in the South Atlantic. In early September, he ordered that priority be given in the government's 2027 budget to "the development of the Integrated Naval Base and other strategic projects." That message came in a speech where Milei also took a tougher line on Argentina's sovereign…
The plan envisages six infrastructure works that will begin in early 2027, including a dock capable of receiving large ships and an Antarctic logistics pole. The Government insists that the financing will be entirely Argentine
The work, begun in 2022, has only executed 9.13% and seeks to consolidate the Argentine presence in Antarctica, following the territorial dispute with the United Kingdom over the Malvinas.
The project includes six major interventions, including the construction of a 585-meter dock.
The deputy referred to the criticisms of that political force and the opposition, which argue that the construction project had been announced in the government of Alberto Fernández.
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