MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Taiana visits Brazilian submarine shipyard
Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana toured a Brazilian shipyard in Rio de Janeiro, the official news service Télam reported Thursday. The state-owned facilities are specialized in submarines and were opened in 2009.
The Itaguaí Construcciones Navales shipyard is a defense company focused on naval nuclear engineering which is capable of assembling the French-designed “Scorpene” submarine, a type of unit Argentina plans to add to its fleet.
Taiana was escorted by Navy Chief of Staff, Admiral Julio Guardia, and executives from the Argentine company Tandanor. During his visit to the facilities, Taiana “was able to learn about the construction process of the 'Scorpene' submarine, one of the models that Argentina is considering to recover its submarine capacity,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement quoted by Télam.
“We are still looking for the best submarine offer for our country to recover that strategic capacity that it does not have today and which is essential to have real control and surveillance of our national jurisdiction waters, our continental shelf, and our natural resources,” Taiana said.
“In July 2022, Taiana led a tour of France and Germany, where he visited the shipyards of the company Naval Group and the firm Thyssenkrupp to evaluate and learn about the production processes, financing conditions, and technology transfer with Argentine participation through the Tandanor shipyard,” the Ministry's statement went on.
Itaguaí was founded in 2009 with the aim of consolidating the naval modernization of the Armed Forces in Brazil after the cooperation agreements signed between then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, for the construction of four submarines, as well as to receive the technology transfer of the French diesel-electric submarines. (Source: Télam)
Top Comments
Disclaimer & comment rules-
-
-
Read all commentsEven if they get the bigger Brazilian Riachuelo class sub, has the same range of 550 nmi at 4 kn, submerged.
Apr 14th, 2023 - 02:49 pm +1Won’t get to the Malvinas and back.
I can’t see Argentina having the money for something like this, in the foreseeable future.
And what actual use would it be to them, other than to say, we have a working sub which allows us to patrol the whole S. Atlantic undetected by the Pirates.
And thus exert our sovereignty and control over the territory.
The real scandal is the existence and maintenance of this state owned white elephant consuming billions. After disposing of their obsolete carrier Foch to serve as a status symbol, only to be sunk after colossal losses in the Atlantic, the French now manage to make more money from the “not serious” country with obsolete diesel submarine technology. Presumably this project again serves as a status symbol for the bloated military. Meanwhile, infrastructure, healthcare and education go begging. Get real, Brazil! She has no credible external military threats and should not pose as one to her neighbors. Focus on the economic pressures exerted by the US empire and forge trading alliances that are favorable for her exports.
Apr 15th, 2023 - 12:08 pm +1The French managed to sell Argentina 5 refurbished Super Etendard fighter bombers, which had out-of-date British supplied components on them, which Argentina cannot replace and hence have never flown and don’t look like they ever will.
Apr 15th, 2023 - 03:45 pm +1https://www.airdatanews.com/argentine-navy-is-unable-to-operate-upgraded-super-etendard-jets/
And then there was AUKUS.
Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!