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The result has been a steady erosion of Argentine military capabilities, with some arguing that Argentina had, by the end of the 2010s, ceased to be a capable military power. [10] The small-scale capability modernization that Argentina has attempted has been actively opposed by the United Kingdom.
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.
The Argentine Army (Spanish: Ejército Argentino, EA) is the land force branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic and the senior military service of Argentina. Under the Argentine Constitution, the president of Argentina is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. Command authority is exercised through the Minister of Defense.
Argentina's right-wing government is planning to send a new bill to Congress that would seek to allow the military to take an active role in domestic security operations under certain conditions ...
On February 10, 1995, Argentina acceded to the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear weapon state. Argentina continues to use nuclear power in non-military roles, and is noted as an exporter of civilian use nuclear technology. [citation needed] In 2010, the government announced that it would start working in the creation of a nuclear ...
The US also authorized the delivery of 12 AH-1F Cobra gunships [17] [18] but the operation was halted by the Argentine Government. In the 1990s, the Aviation Army began its Unmanned aerial vehicle program, the Lipan series. picture In 2007, the Ministry of Defense evaluated the Chinese Changhe Z-11 (Argentine index AE-350) [19] and 40 are to be ...
The Argentine Air Force (Spanish: Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and one of three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military [1] and 6,900 civilian personnel. [2] FAA commander in chief is Brigadier Gustavo Valverde. [3]
The school offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses. The subjects taught are: Staff officer courses, logistics, strategic intelligence, military history, geopolitics, science subjects, international relations, and education studies. Since 1949 over 3,000 officers have studied there.