Britain's EU ALLIES France and Germany offer to build hunter-killer submarines for Argentina amid the Falklands threat

Both governments have reportedly offered to fund the deal in full, with Buenos Aires repaying in instalments. Naval Group is pitching its Scorpene boats and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems its Type 209NG. Downing Street has been warned the upgrade could be a 'game changer' for defending the islands. The offers land as Prime Minister Andy Burnham pushes to bring the UK closer to Europe.

President Javier Milei told the UN that Argentina could 'take matters into our own hands'.

Admiral Marcelo Dalle Nogare called both options 'among the best submarines in the world today'.

A German-built Type 209, the ARA San Luis, fired torpedoes at British forces in 1982.