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Beat me to reporting this

Some more pics of the launch for Algeria

Interesting that Bangladesh got two patrol crafts and now 2+ 2 corvettes in last few years

If Argentina gets a 3 or more of these corvettes then they could break into the Latin America market and sign further contracts with Chile and Uruguay

That is on top of recent delivered to Nigeria, Algeria, Thailand, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Ghana and Namibia just to name a few

asif iqbal said:

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To the left there another boat of the same class

Pakistan has started to build a 3rd and 4th Azmat Class boats and 5th and 6th are yet to be contracted

Also pakistan is in talks with China for modified Type 056 units

Source warship magazine March issue 2015

asif iqbal said:

Pakistan has started to build a 3rd and 4th Azmat Class boats and 5th and 6th are yet to be contracted

Also pakistan is in talks with China for modified Type 056 units

Source warship magazine March issue 2015

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What shipyard in Pakistan is it being built on?

Jeff Head said:

We shall see.

The question is what can Argentina afford...and how can they afford it?

They were unable to maintain the old designs they had and they have slipped into disrepair...one of the DDGs actually sinking at the pier.

We shall just have to wait and see what is announced.

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Good point Jeff. But the funny thing is that the nation is sitting on a pile of cash (and gold) but they have been tight with the purse strings. I guess the politicians are trying to keep if for themselves. The main problem is the political will to buy anything for the military. Cristina K has a loathing for the military as do a fair majority of the civilian population due to the dirty war and the Falkland/Malvinas fiasco.

The military has been very good the last two decades and most of the bad officers have been removed or retired. The current military is more professional than in the 1970s and 1980s. However the population’s attitude remains somewhat negative.

Joshuatrees comment about payment “via commodities and/or port access on the back end, soft loans on the front.” may indeed be the fact, together with certain mineral and extraction rights. That way the politicians are not seen as “giving money to the military”

It all basically come down to the deal agreed to in a smoke filed back room.


Back to bottling and exporting to pay the debt

As a foot note the DDG that sank at port was the other type 42 which was used as a source of spare parts for the remaining active type 42. She was about to be towed to be placed in a permanent exhibit/museum to the South Atlantic War at the Naval base. Ironic that she sunk.

More of the algerian units

Miragedriver said:

Back to bottling and exporting to pay the debt

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lol. That's very patriotic!