The Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless is sailing to the region on her maiden mission and is expected to replace the frigate HMS Montrose in the area.
The Royal Navy has said the Portsmouth-based destroyer's deployment has been planned for a long time, and is not a reaction to heightened tensions over the Falklands.
Adding to the aggravation will be the arrival of Prince Williams who is being posted there as part of an RAF crew of four.
While the MoD says it's a "routine deployment" for a Sea King pilot as part of "normal" squadron rotation Buenos Aires has described it as a "provocative act" and said the duke would be wearing "the uniform of a conqueror" when he deploys.
Argentina's foreign ministry said it "rejected the British attempt to militarize conflict". UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner have accused each others' countries of "colonial" behavior concerning sovereignty of the South Atlantic islands.
Britain has held the islands since the 1830s, but Argentina insists it has a prior claim. The UK had no allies in the last campaign but tacit support from some South American countries, but this time it has none.
In this edition of the show we ask; if Britain is sailing into troubled waters for a conflict it can't possibly win because of commitments elsewhere in the world, budgetary restraints etc.
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