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| The minister of defense of argentina, agustin rossi received a delegation of the people's republic of china, on the day 23 january, to treat on topics related to the production for defence, on the eve of the visit We will hold president kirchner to the asian country in february. The ministry of defence, through the argentine minister agustin rossi, claims that one of the negotiations in progress is That comes from the purchase of a figure has not specified of tanks, but that can reach the hundreds . the model that is being evaluated is vn - 1 ( name of export zbl - 09 ), That was recently acquired by the naval infantry of venezuela. |
Slowly but surely....despite economic problems...Argentina is rearming thanks to China's largesse.
The direction they take with fighter planes will be telling. The delegation to visit China will be with hat in hand and a list of arms to be "loaned"....I wonder if they'll petition for the J-31?
Argentina is going to "reboot" this year due to presidential elections and widespread dissatisfaction with current president. I 'd wait a little more
ReplyDeleteMark my words... JF-17 will be on the table soon.
ReplyDeleteThink you're right, the J-XX/-31 is a bit too much for the region when the JF-17 is enough to do the job. Not to mention they are still in the testing phase. Who do you think the Chinese are? Lockheed Martin? :) Not everyone sells experimental aircraft that may not deliver.
Deleteyou guys are hoping your asses off. why would the Chinese do the US/EU 1960's model of providing aircraft that they think a nation can handle instead of the kind that the nations think they need? additionally why would the Argentinians desire an airplane that cannot go toe to toe with the Typhoon and F-35...especially when they view the UK as their number one enemy?
Deletethe J-31 will be what they want, if its doable then the Chinese will get the added benefit of having an export customer for the airplane and that will get the ball rolling for the J-31 to be the direct competitor to the F-35.
anything else is wishful thinking. since when do military guys start hoping and planning for the best instead of planning for the worst.
worst case scenario planning indicates that the powers that be in the UK especially should plan on Argentina getting J-31 stealth fighters that are aerodynamically superior to the F-35 and will probably match its avionics.
Price and tech Sol' low price and not too complicated tech will win in this case. Argentina is not too... how to say... rich. Fuerza Aérea Argentina is in terrible shape or almost no shape at all, planes are old and worn out. They need to rebuild it and they will pick a cheap option, with two or three squadron of "modern" JF-17 they would later think if they still have the cash about J-31.
DeleteJ-31 will be cheap in comparing with F-35 Sol'... but for FAA it will be still very costly.
Not to mention they are still in the testing stage and customer number one is China.
DeleteNot everyone is LM, trying to foist off experimental aircraft to the unwary.
Something doesn't add up.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe China is going to give Argetina something as "high tech" as J-31. Let me explain:
1. Venezuela is already next door. Venezuela has funds to buy and maintain J-31 or more but China hasn't provided the Venezuelan government anything. Venezuela has oil and also has a number of good harbours.
2. If China gives Argentina the J-31, China (probably) knows that Argentina cannot maintain the J-31. If China wants to "showcase" the J-31 to prospective customers they would love to have a current customer FLYING them instead of sitting on the tarmac in different state of disrepair.
What are the state of these equipment? Are they brand new? Refurbished (wind back the clock to zero) "new"?
Something doesn't add up.