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Miragedriver · Feb 11, 2011

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Here are some photos of Naval equipment and Naval Aviation.

Officers with Super Etendard

Ice Breaker in Antartic

IA-58 Pucara COIN aircraft

MEKO 140 Frigate on patrol

The scraped Aircraft carrier 25 de Mayo

Super Etendard on deck

bd popeye · Feb 12, 2011

Excellent photos Nem116!!

For Hi-res..Click on the photo for hi-res...then click again once you are at DT.com

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Photos of German Forces (Bundeswehr) in Afghanistan 2010.
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A Marine of the Kingdom of Thailand and a U.S. Marine provide security during a mock amphibious landing Feb. 10. The landing, carried out by the Republic of Korea Marines, Kingdom of Thailand forces and Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, took place during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold started out as a bilateral exercise, but has grown to include Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea as full participants, and dozens of other countries as official observers. 2/10/2011 By Lance Cpl. Garry J. Welch

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February 9, 2011, Republic of Korea Marines engages in simulated combat during an amphibious assault rehearsal with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB), in Hat Yao, Kingdom of Thailand, for Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 marks the 30th anniversary of the exercise which focuses on basic military skills training, staff planning, and humanitarian and civic assistance projects.
Date Photo Taken: 2/9/2011

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Feb. 3, 2011) The French navy anti-air frigate Cassard (D 614) approaches the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) during joint exercises. Barry deployed as part of the Enterprise Carrier Strike Group in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Sunderman/Released)

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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 6, 2011) The Spanish navy frigate SPS Almirante Juan de Borbon (F 102) transits the Atlantic Ocean. Almirante Juan de Borbon is participating with the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group during their composite training unit exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Leonard Adams/Released)

Miragedriver · Feb 12, 2011

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Some pictures of the Meko class destroyers and frigates

Meko 140 frigates docked

Meko 360 Destoryers in port

Miragedriver · Feb 14, 2011

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Some Pictures of the Type TR-1700 Submarines

Torpedo Room

Control Room

TR-1700 docking with TYpe 209 submarine in background left and two Meko 360 destroyer in far background

siegecrossbow · Feb 14, 2011

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Nice picts!!! Any plans for procurement of advanced fighters? It is about time for Argentina to beef up the air force once more.

Miragedriver · Feb 14, 2011

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Overall... the Argentine military is now a sad shadow of what it was 30 years ago, and in relative terms almost a shadow of what was in every historic frame since the consolidation of the republic.

The aftermath of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict, and specially the consecuences of the dirty war on terrorism, during the seventies have affected seriously the public concern about the defense, and the military as a whole.

The budget shortage entered an iterative process, with the sucesive lost of operative capabilities. Only a few aircraft of each type are still operative, no credible air defense, no credible antitank weapons... In short: old inventory, low staffing, low salaries, but strangly a good moral.

There has been some talk of the Air Force purchasing (1500 hours on the airframes) 13 Mirage F-1’s from Jordan for $100 mil USD. However there has been no confirmation form either government. The dozen or so Mirages that are still fly are meticulosly maintained, however they are on there last legs (35 to40 years old) and are in desperate need or replacement. The 30 A-4AR are “newer”, but still getting long in the tooth, and there are not intended for any type of air superiority.

I fear that Argentina may end up like New Zealand, without a fast jet force.

Miragedriver · Feb 14, 2011

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siegecrossbow said:
Nice picts!!! Any plans for procurement of advanced fighters? It is about time for Argentina to beef up the air force once more.

Thank you for the complement. I will try to post some more pictures. I have many historical one from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s

Miragedriver · Feb 15, 2011

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Here are some pictures of the Coast Guard (Spanish

refetura Naval)

siegecrossbow · Feb 15, 2011

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Miragedriver said:
Overall... the Argentine military is now a sad shadow of what it was 30 years ago, and in relative terms almost a shadow of what was in every historic frame since the consolidation of the republic.

The aftermath of the Falklands/Malvinas conflict, and specially the consecuences of the dirty war on terrorism, during the seventies have affected seriously the public concern about the defense, and the military as a whole.

The budget shortage entered an iterative process, with the sucesive lost of operative capabilities. Only a few aircraft of each type are still operative, no credible air defense, no credible antitank weapons... In short: old inventory, low staffing, low salaries, but strangly a good moral.

There has been some talk of the Air Force purchasing (1500 hours on the airframes) 13 Mirage F-1’s from Jordan for $100 mil USD. However there has been no confirmation form either government. The dozen or so Mirages that are still fly are meticulosly maintained, however they are on there last legs (35 to40 years old) and are in desperate need or replacement. The 30 A-4AR are “newer”, but still getting long in the tooth, and there are not intended for any type of air superiority.

I fear that Argentina may end up like New Zealand, without a fast jet force.

This is what Chinese military fans are confused about. Argentina is doing very well economically but still maintains a relatively small air force. Is Argentina still under sanctions or are there some other reasons? Why not an air superiority fighter when Brazil is getting new ones?

Miragedriver · Feb 16, 2011

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Economically Argentina is doing better than it was in 2000 and 2001. However, it is still a far cry from where it was in the 1990’s. The money for new equipment is there, but the problem is the government. Many of the ministers of the current administration were enemies of the State during the dirty war of the 1970’s and are therefore resentful of the military. This is their way of getting back at them (them being the armed forces as a whole). Additionally there is an election in Argentina this year, which means that the money that would go to purchase equipment and increase salaries will go to buying votes and keep the current administration in power.

As a footnote: the Argentine government spent over 600 million US$ to broadcast futbol games for poor Argentines, but can’t spend 200 million on some used fighter aircraft.

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