Recently, the US media "Defense News" published an article stating that Lieutenant General Pareo, the head of the Argentine Joint Military Staff, met with Pakistan Air Force Commander Zaheer and Defense Production Minister Tallinn during his recent visit to Pakistan. The US media

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Recently, the US media "Defense News" published an article stating that Lieutenant General Pareo, head of the Argentine Joint Military Staff, met with Pakistan Air Force Commander Zaheer and Minister of Defense Production Tallinn during a recent visit to Pakistan . The United States The media speculates that this visit to Argentina is likely to be a prelude to the purchase of "Fierce Dragon" fighter jets. A deal for the JF-17 "Fierce Dragon" fighter jets is about to appear.

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The news about Argentina’s purchase of Chinese “Fierce Dragon” fighter jets is nothing new. Even last year, the Argentine Ministry of National Defense had included a plan to purchase 12 “Fierce Dragon” fighter jets for US$664 million in a submission to Congress. In the draft defense budget document, however, due to price and external instability factors, Argentina purchased the Chinese " Xiaolong ", the Russian MiG-29\35, the American F-16, and even the South Korean FA-50 "Golden Eagle" "jumping horizontally repeatedly.

US media claimed that Argentina had previously sent a delegation of pilots and technicians to evaluate the JF-17, which included a comprehensive technical assessment, the use of simulators and evaluation flights. According to sources in Argentina, this time During Argentina's visit, representatives from both sides discussed the possibility of assembling the FC-1 (the export version of the JF-17) in the country, with parts provided by China and Pakistan, in addition to some parts that Argentina hopes to produce locally and hopes to Able to make significant modifications to the JF-17.

However, the US media also mentioned that although Paleo is a senior military officer in Argentina, he is not the decision-maker in choosing the new fighter jet. The real decision-maker is General Xavier Isaac, commander of the Argentine Air Force.

In the 1980s, the famous "Falkens War" broke out between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Although the United Kingdom barely defeated the United Kingdom with its legacy and size, it also lost the glory of the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets", while Argentina Although the United Kingdom was forced to pay a heavy price, its own air force was also severely damaged and even returned to the "propeller" era.

Since the retirement of the "Phantom" series of fighter jets, Argentina has only had a few "Super Etendard" attack aircraft and training aircraft . Therefore, the United Kingdom only needs to station a few fighter jets on the Falklands to fully control the air. If the "Fierce Dragon" The final success of the project will have a milestone significance for Argentina. At that time, Argentina will have 12 modern fighter aircraft, which means that Argentina will once again have the ability to challenge the British air supremacy over the Falklands. The British advantage will be broken, even if the British dispatches aircraft carriers due to It has anti-ship capabilities and can also fight against it.

According to the budget announced by the Argentine Ministry of Defense, it will allocate US$664 million to purchase 12 fighter jets. On average, the price of a fighter jet reaches US$55.33 million. This price is even higher than the J-10CP fighter purchased by Pakistan. After all, the price of J-10C It is only 40 million U.S. dollars, and the total price of the 16 "Fierce Dragon" fighters previously purchased by Myanmar was only 250 million U.S. dollars. The reason for the high price is on the one hand the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, and on the other hand What Argentina purchased this time was the Block III version of the latest high-end version of "Fierce Dragon".

The "Fierce Dragon" BiockIII version is equipped with KLJ-7A active phased array radar that is comparable to the F-35 fighter equipped with AN\APG-81 radar, brand-new avionics, electronic countermeasures system, joint helmet system and other new technologies , especially the active phased array radar it is equipped with can detect fighter-sized targets 200 kilometers away. Compared with the previous version of the "Fierce Dragon", its performance has been greatly improved.

As a multi-functional fighter aircraft based on practicality, the "Fierce Dragon" has 10 external hardpoints and can carry the air-to-air missile with a range of more than 80 kilometers. In anti-ship operations, the "Fierce Dragon" fighter jets can carry CM-400AKG anti-ship missiles with a range of up to 240 kilometers and can directly attack British ships outside the British warship defense circle. At the same time, the maximum flight speed is up to Mach 5 plus good The anti-interference ability also makes it difficult for the enemy to intercept.

"Fierce Dragon" has powerful mounting capabilities

Due to the impact of the British arms embargo, Argentina has extremely limited options for fighter aircraft. At present, there are only China and Russia, but Russia is currently deeply involved in the crisis in Ukraine, and instability factors are increasing. China is different. The Hongqi missiles and 20 purchased by Serbia were delivered directly to your door. Pakistan’s delivery of two 054A frigates in half a year proved China’s strong delivery capabilities. For Argentina, perhaps the "Fierce Dragon" fighter jets are not The best, but undoubtedly the most appropriate.

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