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The Ministry of Defense (Spanish: Ministerio de Defensa; abbrevriated MINDEF) of Argentina is a ministry of the national executive power that oversees and advises on matters of national defense, including overseeing the Argentine Armed Forces.
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Centro de Estudios Nueva Mayoría. Archived from the original on 2 January 2015; Osacar, Ignacio J. (5 June 2007). "Medio siglo de gastos para la Defensa y la Seguridad en Argentina (1976-2006)- 2da. Parte". NuevaMayoria.com (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Centro de Estudios Nueva Mayoría.
Argentina: Rocket artillery: 2 To be confirmed 160mm multiple rocket launcher mounted on TAM. Field artillery; OTO Melara Mod 56 Italy: 105 mm howitzer: 64 [18] In service CITER 155mm L33 gun Argentina: 155 mm howitzer: 108 In service FM-120 Argentina: Mortar: 330 In service 120 mm mortar. FM-81 Argentina: Mortar: 1100 In service 81 mm mortar ...
The first leader of the General Staff was Colonel Francisco Javier de Viana. On 2 January 1884, within the broader context of the reorganization of the country's military forces, the President of Argentina and Lieutenant general Julio Argentino Roca , decreed that the creation of the Army General Staff position was a permanent change.
The Libertador Building was again in the center of military friction in Argentina when, on December 3, 1990, during a state visit by U.S. President George H. W. Bush, far-right Carapintadas faction leader Col. Mohamed Alí Seineldín temporarily seized the headquarters in a failed coup attempt against President Carlos Menem (the revolt was ...
Nilda Celia Garré (born November 3, 1945) is an Argentine lawyer, politician, and diplomat.She was Minister of Defense during the presidency of the late Nestor Kirchner and remained in this position, and as Minister of Security, under President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
I.Ae. 24 Calquin aircraft production, 1950. The Argentine defense industry has developed, over the years, different programs to improve the armed forces of Argentina.The first major steps to establish a defense industry were made during the Second World War and they received a boost during the 1970s after the United States imposed an arms embargo due to human rights violations.
Model Quantity Origin Description T-34 Mentor: 10: USA: Primary trainer since 1978, 15 received. T-34C-1 version in service in Naval Aviation School since 1978. Super Étendard: 16 ...