DefenceTalkThe Government of Argentina has officially decided to purchase 12 PAC JF-17 Block III fighters from Pakistan, as a draft bill for the next budget has been presented in Argentina’s Parliament. An Open-Source Intelligence account on Twitter AEROSINT Division PSF reported on Friday that the South American nation will be buying Pakistan’s fighter jets for […]

DefenceTalkThe discovery of the wreckage of an Argentine submarine lost a year ago has revived a stalled probe into the cause of the undersea disaster that took the lives of 44 crew members. Families of the victims have called for the ARA San Juan to be refloated, an enormous undertaking that authorities cautioned was likely […]https://www.defencetalk.com/argentine-submarine-find-first-step-to-learning-disasters-cause-71945/

DefenceTalkArgentina’s navy on Thursday (Nov 30) formally ended its search for survivors from the San Juan submarine, two weeks after the vessel went missing in the South Atlantic with 44 crew aboard. The navy has shifted its mission from rescue to recovery, spokesman Enrique Balbi said. He said though it was not possible to definitively […]https://www.defencetalk.com/argentina-formally-ends-search-for-submarine-survivors-70890/

DefenceTalkEleven days after Argentina’s missing San Juan submarine went silent following an explosion, a 14-nation search has failed to find the vessel at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. But not for want of trying. For more than a week, aircraft from Argentina, Britain and the United States have crisscrossed the South Atlantic. A Russian […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-russia-lend-skill-to-non-stop-argentina-sub-hunt-70854/

DefenceTalkExperts ruled out Monday (Nov 20) the possibility that noise detected at sea could have come from an Argentine submarine missing with 44 people aboard, in the latest bad news to hit their relatives. “The sound footprint could not correspond to a sub’s … it may have been a noise from a living thing,” said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/noises-detected-in-argentine-sub-search-disappoint-70850/

DefenceTalkA multinational armada of aircraft and vessels battled high winds and raging seas Sunday as they intensified their search for a missing Argentine submarine, after apparent attempted distress calls raised hopes the 44 crew members may still be alive. There has been no contact with the ARA San Juan, a German-built diesel-electric sub, since early […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rescuers-battle-waves-wind-in-hunt-for-missing-argentine-sub-70833/

DefenceTalkRecent reports in the Argentine press indicate that the country has plans to purchase over $2 billion worth of military equipment over the next few years. In a letter leaked to El Destape, Argentine ambassador to the U.S. Martin Lousteau listed equipment needed by the Argentine Army and Air Force to conduct peacekeeping missions, combat […]https://www.defencetalk.com/no-argentina-will-not-be-spending-2-billion-on-military-equipment-69718/

DefenceTalkThe Argentinian President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner is in Moscow to sign a series of strategic partnership deals with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. While focussing on trade, energy projects and communication, agreements on military cooperation will also be signed. Among them could potentially be a deal for Moscow to supply the Argentinians with 12 Sukhoi […]https://www.defencetalk.com/argentina-and-russia-in-strategic-partnership-deal-63984/

DefenceTalkArgentina branded Britain’s plans to beef up its defenses in the Falkland Islands a “provocation” and a pre-election stunt Wednesday. On Tuesday, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said London would spend £180 million ($268 million) over 10 years to counter “continuous intimidation” from Argentina in the disputed South Atlantic islands, which the two countries went […]https://www.defencetalk.com/argentina-condemns-british-provocation-in-falklands-63638/

DefenceTalkArgentina will manufacture locally designed military drones, according to an announcement Tuesday in the official government gazette. Argentina plans to use the drones, expected to fly as long as 12-20 hours, on its ships in searches at sea. The program has an initial investment of 238 million dollars, the gazette said. The government contract is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/argentina-to-make-military-drones-63468/