Military equipment from China for marine infantry of Venezuela continues to arrive at Caracas
For Marine Corps in order amphibious AIFV ZBL-09/VN-1 export Chinese designation here and ZBD05/VN 18 with a 105 mm gun. I don' t have the number.
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For Marine Corps in order amphibious AIFV ZBL-09/VN-1 export Chinese designation here and ZBD05/VN 18 with a 105 mm gun. I don' t have the number.
Sad day for the Argentina Air Force.
Hopefully the people of Argentina will put leaders in power that can rebuild their armed forces to some minimum level of capability above that which they have sunk to at some point in the future.
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Yes my friend. The lunatics are indeed in charge of the asylum....Very sad day.
What is truly sad Jeff is that less than a year many of these men will find work in the civilian sector and then the Air Force will lose those valuable pilots and technicians, thus making the Air Force weaker.
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The Mirage III and Mirage V were modernized to a Kfir C7 standard. Below are a couple of pictures of the modification (rear and side radar receives) of Israeli origin and installed in Argentina.
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Now that the A-4AR is the mainstay of the FAA. Here are some maintenance pictures
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Argentina, China Could Jointly Develop Fighters
TAIPEI — London's successful blocking of the Gripen fighter sale to Argentina appears to have done little to stop Buenos Aires' determination to replace its aging attack and fighter fleet. Nor has it halted its threats to use force to "liberate" the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands from British control.
In October, Argentina's Defense Minister Agustin Rossi announced plans to procure 14 Saab Gripen fighters to replace its single-engine Dassault Mirage III/5, which saw combat during the 1982 Falklands War.
However, London quickly killed the deal. When that was nixed, Argentine's President Cristina Kirchner traveled to Beijing, Feb. 2-5, and announced Argentina and China were creating a working group to facilitate the transfer of a variety of military equipment, including fighters. To further sweeten the pot, China takes Argentina's position on the Falkland Islands and has compared the dispute to China's sovereignty claims over disputed islands in the East and South China Seas.
Two types of Chinese fighters are candidates: The FC-1/JF-17 and the J-10, both built by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC).
The JF-17 is the Pakistan-built variant of the FC-1. Both fighters have their advantages and disadvantages, said Doug Barrie, the senior air analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. The Chengdu FC-1 represents the cheaper and less-capable combat aircraft, he said. Argentina could purchase significantly more FC-1s, "although in capability terms this would not represent as great an increment in overall performance compared to the J-10," he said.
The Argentinean Air Force could face difficulties acclimating to non-Western equipment, but "we should understand that such a sale will have a special political importance for the Chinese. It brings prestige and opens doors to new combat aircraft sales to the region," said Vasily Kashin, a China military specialist at Moscow's Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. "They will likely provide good financing conditions and will probably pay special attention to subsequent maintenance and training work."
Logistics and follow-on support is still a question, and China's reputation with past fighter exports is dubious, said Roger Cliff, nonresident senior fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Atlantic Council. He said Argentina might have no choice in the matter since London will no doubt block any Western fighter sale. Russia could also be a contender, but also has a poor history in fighter support, Cliff said.
However, China's JF-17 fighter program in Pakistan has proven a reasonably successful test bed for joint fighter production programs. The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and CAC developed the JF-17 and CAC's FC-1 in a joint program begun in 1995. Like Argentina, the Pakistan JF-17 replaced its Mirage III/5 fighters.
Richard Fisher, a senior fellow with the US-based International Assessment and Strategy Center, said that in 2013 CAC was in discussions with the Argentine aerospace company Fabrica Argentina de Aviones to co-build the FC-1 in a similar fashion as the CAC/PAC deal. Fabrica did not respond to requests for information on the issue.
China has been working hard to placate Buenos Aires. In 2011, Fabrica and the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) signed a co-production deal for the CZ-11 single-engine light multi-purpose helicopter.
Future cooperation could cover co-production with China's Norinco for 100 eight-wheeled VN1 eight-wheeled armored personnel carriers, and joint development with China's Shipbuilding Corp. for five corvettes modeled after the P18 (to be dubbed the Malvinas-class after the Falklands dispute).
These agreements could complicate London's ability to protect the Falklands from another invasion.
Fisher said that with aerial refueling, which will be available from Argentina's new Embraer KC390s, "the FC-1 is able to carry two CM400AKG-derived hypersonic anti-ship missiles out to a reasonable strike range." With the element of surprise and a minimum of 20 fighters, "there is the potential they could launch up to 40 of these missiles at the likely single aircraft carrier that Britain would send to defend the Falklands from a second attack."
London does not have an aircraft carrier that can operate fixed-wing aircraft. The famed AV-8 Harrier jump jets that made their name during the Falklands War were retired in 2010. However, two 70,000-ton Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are under construction, with the first to be completed in 2017 with an air wing operational in 2020, Cliff said. The carriers will be equipped with short take-off and vertical landing F-35B joint strike fighters. "So the UK might be especially vulnerable at the moment, but that situation will not last long."
Fisher said the issue is more complicated today than it was during the war.
The other new element is that Argentina and China are now partners in space cooperation. China is building a strategic Southern Hemisphere tracking and control facility, and Argentina could get access to China's growing surveillance satellite network.
The scenarios Fisher paints are dark. "What if Venezuela gave Argentine aircraft base access to mount an early strike against a British task force? This could become a realistic option with Chinese ISR. This Chinese-Argentine military relationship is just beginning to blossom. Anti-ship ballistic missiles, over-the-horizon radar, and submarines could quickly join the list of possible Chinese exports.
"Look, there does not have to be a second war," Fisher continued. "If China sells Argentina enough weapons, a future British government could opt for a lengthy face-saving Hong Kong-like transfer. But in Latin America, such a 'surrender' would be viewed as much a Chinese as an Argentine victory."
The political and economic consequences for Argentina of making another grab for the Falklands would be severe, and even threatening to do so would not be in the country's interest. But that does not mean it could not happen, "as people in the country are still passionate about the issue", Cliff said.
"Argentina made things pretty dicey for the UK back in 1982 and probably could do so again, especially if they prepared carefully for it."
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TAIPEI — London's successful blocking of the Gripen fighter sale to Argentina appears to have done little to stop Buenos Aires' determination to replace its aging attack and fighter fleet. Nor has it halted its threats to use force to "liberate" the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands from British control.
In October, Argentina's Defense Minister Agustin Rossi announced plans to procure 14 Saab Gripen fighters to replace its single-engine Dassault Mirage III/5, which saw combat during the 1982 Falklands War.
However, London quickly killed the deal. When that was nixed, Argentine's President Cristina Kirchner traveled to Beijing, Feb. 2-5, and announced Argentina and China were creating a working group to facilitate the transfer of a variety of military equipment, including fighters. To further sweeten the pot, China takes Argentina's position on the Falkland Islands and has compared the dispute to China's sovereignty claims over disputed islands in the East and South China Seas.
Two types of Chinese fighters are candidates: The FC-1/JF-17 and the J-10, both built by Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC).
The JF-17 is the Pakistan-built variant of the FC-1. Both fighters have their advantages and disadvantages, said Doug Barrie, the senior air analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. The Chengdu FC-1 represents the cheaper and less-capable combat aircraft, he said. Argentina could purchase significantly more FC-1s, "although in capability terms this would not represent as great an increment in overall performance compared to the J-10," he said.
The Argentinean Air Force could face difficulties acclimating to non-Western equipment, but "we should understand that such a sale will have a special political importance for the Chinese. It brings prestige and opens doors to new combat aircraft sales to the region," said Vasily Kashin, a China military specialist at Moscow's Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies. "They will likely provide good financing conditions and will probably pay special attention to subsequent maintenance and training work."
Logistics and follow-on support is still a question, and China's reputation with past fighter exports is dubious, said Roger Cliff, nonresident senior fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Atlantic Council. He said Argentina might have no choice in the matter since London will no doubt block any Western fighter sale. Russia could also be a contender, but also has a poor history in fighter support, Cliff said.
However, China's JF-17 fighter program in Pakistan has proven a reasonably successful test bed for joint fighter production programs. The Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and CAC developed the JF-17 and CAC's FC-1 in a joint program begun in 1995. Like Argentina, the Pakistan JF-17 replaced its Mirage III/5 fighters.
Richard Fisher, a senior fellow with the US-based International Assessment and Strategy Center, said that in 2013 CAC was in discussions with the Argentine aerospace company Fabrica Argentina de Aviones to co-build the FC-1 in a similar fashion as the CAC/PAC deal. Fabrica did not respond to requests for information on the issue.
China has been working hard to placate Buenos Aires. In 2011, Fabrica and the Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) signed a co-production deal for the CZ-11 single-engine light multi-purpose helicopter.
Future cooperation could cover co-production with China's Norinco for 100 eight-wheeled VN1 eight-wheeled armored personnel carriers, and joint development with China's Shipbuilding Corp. for five corvettes modeled after the P18 (to be dubbed the Malvinas-class after the Falklands dispute).
These agreements could complicate London's ability to protect the Falklands from another invasion.
Fisher said that with aerial refueling, which will be available from Argentina's new Embraer KC390s, "the FC-1 is able to carry two CM400AKG-derived hypersonic anti-ship missiles out to a reasonable strike range." With the element of surprise and a minimum of 20 fighters, "there is the potential they could launch up to 40 of these missiles at the likely single aircraft carrier that Britain would send to defend the Falklands from a second attack."
London does not have an aircraft carrier that can operate fixed-wing aircraft. The famed AV-8 Harrier jump jets that made their name during the Falklands War were retired in 2010. However, two 70,000-ton Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are under construction, with the first to be completed in 2017 with an air wing operational in 2020, Cliff said. The carriers will be equipped with short take-off and vertical landing F-35B joint strike fighters. "So the UK might be especially vulnerable at the moment, but that situation will not last long."
Fisher said the issue is more complicated today than it was during the war.
The other new element is that Argentina and China are now partners in space cooperation. China is building a strategic Southern Hemisphere tracking and control facility, and Argentina could get access to China's growing surveillance satellite network.
The scenarios Fisher paints are dark. "What if Venezuela gave Argentine aircraft base access to mount an early strike against a British task force? This could become a realistic option with Chinese ISR. This Chinese-Argentine military relationship is just beginning to blossom. Anti-ship ballistic missiles, over-the-horizon radar, and submarines could quickly join the list of possible Chinese exports.
"Look, there does not have to be a second war," Fisher continued. "If China sells Argentina enough weapons, a future British government could opt for a lengthy face-saving Hong Kong-like transfer. But in Latin America, such a 'surrender' would be viewed as much a Chinese as an Argentine victory."
The political and economic consequences for Argentina of making another grab for the Falklands would be severe, and even threatening to do so would not be in the country's interest. But that does not mean it could not happen, "as people in the country are still passionate about the issue", Cliff said.
"Argentina made things pretty dicey for the UK back in 1982 and probably could do so again, especially if they prepared carefully for it."
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Ultimately, it is unlikely that there will be any easy road to recovery for the Argentine Armed Forces in general. Even with a marked economic upturn in the country, the absence of any real security threat to Argentina and lingering public and political suspicion of the military, together with numerous social programs demanding funding, will likely limit the scale of any reinvestment in the military. Given this, it seems that the Argentine Armed Forces will have to come to terms with the fact that their fall from grace in the country is a permanent one, something for which they themselves must carry a burden of responsibility.
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The C 212-300 FAU acquired from Portugal. Its maritime patrol radar have should not be modernized
(Defensa.com) will not be because, as we clarify sources of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) is not part of the proposal the use of these naval sensors, as aircraft were purchased to integrate the shuttle fleet No.3 Air Squadron, based in Carrasco. It comes to pass and what was published in some Brazilian media about the high cost that would modernize the classic AN / APS-128 with that how much the aircraft originally equipped for maritime patrol, and that it would present some operational difficulties.
Since the FAU we confirm, categorically, that the devices in question "were not purchased for surveillance and maritime control, not bought as AWAC and not purchased as ELINT SIGINT. They were bought to increase the transport fleet of C-212 today we have, and so was referred to the Executive Branch fundamentase acquisition ". The contract was signed on 18 December in Lisbon and now Uruguayan Portugal crews are preparing to move.
The crews of the Uruguayan Air Force will receive and move the two Airbus Military C-212/300 reached AFB Nª 6 Montijo, near Lisbon, where they are being prepared for the ferry flight to Uruguay, which will be made by the North Sea. Manufactured in 1993, they were received by the FAP in 1994, being in service until the end of 2011, provided the Squadron 410 "Cientistas" of performance during the episode remembered the sinking of the Prestige -tank in November 2002 in the monitoring pro stain generated 77,000 tons of oil spilled by the incident and looking in Portugal tuition 17201 (the first C-212/300 serial exhibited in the 1995 edition of Le Bourget) and 17202.
The aircraft will join the current fleet of four C-212 "Aviocar" belonging to the Air Squadron No. 3 (Transport), which are commonly used in daily transport, search and rescue missions, communications and coordination of air commander on the scene, support search and rescue helicopter night, among other tasks.
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(Defensa.com) will not be because, as we clarify sources of the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) is not part of the proposal the use of these naval sensors, as aircraft were purchased to integrate the shuttle fleet No.3 Air Squadron, based in Carrasco. It comes to pass and what was published in some Brazilian media about the high cost that would modernize the classic AN / APS-128 with that how much the aircraft originally equipped for maritime patrol, and that it would present some operational difficulties.
Since the FAU we confirm, categorically, that the devices in question "were not purchased for surveillance and maritime control, not bought as AWAC and not purchased as ELINT SIGINT. They were bought to increase the transport fleet of C-212 today we have, and so was referred to the Executive Branch fundamentase acquisition ". The contract was signed on 18 December in Lisbon and now Uruguayan Portugal crews are preparing to move.
The crews of the Uruguayan Air Force will receive and move the two Airbus Military C-212/300 reached AFB Nª 6 Montijo, near Lisbon, where they are being prepared for the ferry flight to Uruguay, which will be made by the North Sea. Manufactured in 1993, they were received by the FAP in 1994, being in service until the end of 2011, provided the Squadron 410 "Cientistas" of performance during the episode remembered the sinking of the Prestige -tank in November 2002 in the monitoring pro stain generated 77,000 tons of oil spilled by the incident and looking in Portugal tuition 17201 (the first C-212/300 serial exhibited in the 1995 edition of Le Bourget) and 17202.
The aircraft will join the current fleet of four C-212 "Aviocar" belonging to the Air Squadron No. 3 (Transport), which are commonly used in daily transport, search and rescue missions, communications and coordination of air commander on the scene, support search and rescue helicopter night, among other tasks.
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The Directorate General of Captaincy and Coastguards of Peru seizes 211 kg. of drugs in a Spanish flag ship
(defensa.com) As reported by the Navy of Peru through the Directorate General of Captaincy and Coastguards (DICAPI), this institution seized a total of 398 kg. of cocaine in two operations control made on 8 and 12 September. The first operation was conducted by the Port of Pisco, which at reports of suspicious activity, ordered an inspection of the conveyor vessel gas "Hispania Spirit" in Spanish flag, which was anchored in the bay and was about to sail with destination port of Manzanillo (Mexico). During the inspection, the Coast Guard Operations Group DICAPI found in an area adjacent to the rudder blade, compartment 211 kg. of cocaine and a person of Venezuelan nationality who belonged to the crew, so that the immobilization of the ship for intervention by the Public Ministry and National Police of Peru were available.
In the second operation, the BAP Coishco Coast Patrol (PC-228) intervened in the vicinity of the Landing Craft Fishing Callao (DPA), a handmade wooden boat, black hull color with no name, no registration, abarloada the MV MSC "Leanne" Panamanian flag. After an inspection on board five people (three of them dressed in suits) stopped and seized 187 kg. Cocaine Hydrochloride arranged immobilization of both ships and the transfer of detainees to the Port of Callao, to the proceedings of the case.
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(defensa.com) As reported by the Navy of Peru through the Directorate General of Captaincy and Coastguards (DICAPI), this institution seized a total of 398 kg. of cocaine in two operations control made on 8 and 12 September. The first operation was conducted by the Port of Pisco, which at reports of suspicious activity, ordered an inspection of the conveyor vessel gas "Hispania Spirit" in Spanish flag, which was anchored in the bay and was about to sail with destination port of Manzanillo (Mexico). During the inspection, the Coast Guard Operations Group DICAPI found in an area adjacent to the rudder blade, compartment 211 kg. of cocaine and a person of Venezuelan nationality who belonged to the crew, so that the immobilization of the ship for intervention by the Public Ministry and National Police of Peru were available.
In the second operation, the BAP Coishco Coast Patrol (PC-228) intervened in the vicinity of the Landing Craft Fishing Callao (DPA), a handmade wooden boat, black hull color with no name, no registration, abarloada the MV MSC "Leanne" Panamanian flag. After an inspection on board five people (three of them dressed in suits) stopped and seized 187 kg. Cocaine Hydrochloride arranged immobilization of both ships and the transfer of detainees to the Port of Callao, to the proceedings of the case.
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Artillery units deploying Argentine army in the desert (photo gallery)
(Defensa.com) Lieutenant General "VGM" Ricardo Luis Cundom inspected an exercise of the artillery units of the Argentine Army, by the director of the School of weapon, Colonel Jose Luis Arrechea. The deployment of resources included artillery shot material endowment of an armored vehicle Palmaria 155mm artillery; in the process of modernization, Citer 155mm towed guns and Bofors 75mm; Oto Melara 105mm howitzers; SLAM Pampero rocket launchers 105 mm anti-aircraft guns and 35mm and 20 attack helicopters air-ground rocket .ALBATROS Pampero 70 MM and give air-ground version.
The general Cundom oversaw projects carried out by the General Directorate of Army Research and Development, including recovery capabilities Artillery Combat Vehicle (VCA) 155mm; CITER automation 155mm cannons and experimentation Automatic Tyre System for Artillery (SATAC) SITEA component part. The inspection ended with a training in which all elements were present artillery deployed in the field of education. Members also participated and media Marines and Air Force.
Among the officials who accompanied the general Cundom Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, Lt. Luis Carena were Grl; the Operational Commander of the Armed Forces, GRL Div Hugo Bossert, and the commander of the Army Readiness and Training, GRL Div Juan Gustavo Raimondo, and other military authorities.
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(Defensa.com) Lieutenant General "VGM" Ricardo Luis Cundom inspected an exercise of the artillery units of the Argentine Army, by the director of the School of weapon, Colonel Jose Luis Arrechea. The deployment of resources included artillery shot material endowment of an armored vehicle Palmaria 155mm artillery; in the process of modernization, Citer 155mm towed guns and Bofors 75mm; Oto Melara 105mm howitzers; SLAM Pampero rocket launchers 105 mm anti-aircraft guns and 35mm and 20 attack helicopters air-ground rocket .ALBATROS Pampero 70 MM and give air-ground version.
The general Cundom oversaw projects carried out by the General Directorate of Army Research and Development, including recovery capabilities Artillery Combat Vehicle (VCA) 155mm; CITER automation 155mm cannons and experimentation Automatic Tyre System for Artillery (SATAC) SITEA component part. The inspection ended with a training in which all elements were present artillery deployed in the field of education. Members also participated and media Marines and Air Force.
Among the officials who accompanied the general Cundom Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces, Lt. Luis Carena were Grl; the Operational Commander of the Armed Forces, GRL Div Hugo Bossert, and the commander of the Army Readiness and Training, GRL Div Juan Gustavo Raimondo, and other military authorities.
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