Super Etendards News Today

The Institute of Scientific and Technical Research for Defense fired a catapult rocket motor for fighter aircraft ejection seats on April 1.

CNO Naval History Essay Contest, Rising Historian—Second Prize. The winning side is the one that best integrates the home team, joint sea power, and trusted scouting.

A leading US Navy think tank feels it is imperative for the US to pay close attention to the South Atlantic given Chinas growing trade, financial, investment influence in countries such as Argentina, and suggests a joint security cooperation investment with the UK, but especially overcoming an “outdated United Kingdom post-Falklands War security policy”

An article published by the United States Naval Institute, USNI, a private, professional military think-tank which since 1873 provides independent ideas for debating US defense issues, has revealed that Washington, fearful of Chinas advance in South America, offered back in 2020, surplus Danish F-16A/Bs both to Colombia and Argentina, and is negotiating with the UK to approve the sale.

PROFESSOR SAUL DAVID: It has long been suspected the French had equipped the Exocets with a kill switch that would allow them to be disarmed if they were ever used against French forces.

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.

Acquiring 10 new FA-50s and five Super Etendards is a big deal. Even with these planes, the Argentine air force and navy still would be woefully under-equipped.

The Super Étendard will always be remembered foremost for its role in sinking British two ships during the Falkland War.