Argentine Navy warplanes still grounded due to lack of British-made spare parts

Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 08:33 UTC

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Five French-built warplanes Argentina bought under President Mauricio Macri for US $ 14 million have never taken to the air, due to which Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) and Fente de Todos (FdT) politicians are now trading pointing fingers. Read full article

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Marti Llazo
So the French sold them junk aircraft with “faulty parts” and the argies can't get replacements because of their bad behaviour. (The argies tried to get around this by sourcing the parts from the US but since the ejection seat cartridges are British, the US could not supply them)

US$14 millions that Argentina didn't have, spent on boxes of junk they can't use.

ROFLMAO.

So very, very French; so very, very Argentine.
Jan 04th, 2022 - 02:58 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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imoyaro
You gotta love British humor... ;)
Jan 04th, 2022 - 10:01 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pugol-H
Think of the cost savings now they don’t have to fly for their ‘useful life of 10 years’.

I hear the pound shop Napoleon has some Diesel Submarines going cheap if Argentina is interested?
Jan 05th, 2022 - 11:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marti Llazo
@Pugol

I don't think Argentina is allowed to have any more submarines, since they obviously couldn't take proper care of the ones they had before.

I hear that their navy is down to no ships and just one 4-man inflatable but they can't afford the patch-kit to make it sea-worthy.
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