Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Argentina Looking to Buy Pakistan JF-17 Fighters" video.

  1. Argentina can't afford the Rafale.
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  2. I'm surprised that none of those nations were willing to just make a revised version using non-British ejection seats. For that matter it's also surprising that the US hasn't sold them F-16s, which uses the entirely American Collins Aerospace ACES II rather than a Martin-Baker ejection seat. Sure, that might piss off the Brits, but it's better for US interests than having Argentina move into the Chinese orbit.
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  3. Not without getting a new ejection seat for the Rafale. All current models use Martin-Baker seats and thus are subject to the British embargo. And not without subsidizing Dassault to sell them at a loss, since otherwise Argentina can't afford the Rafale.
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  4. Argentina knows they're never going to seize the Falklands. It's only a fantasy they sell to nationalistic voters.
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  5. Rafales use Martin-Baker ejection seats. Even if Argentina could afford Rafales (and they can't), they're subject to the British embargo.
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  6. Buy Chinese seats instead.
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  7.  @bfps2020  Possibly the RAF would upgrade their presence in the Falklands to a full squadron if this happened. (Which they might do anyway in response to the JF-17s; it wouldn't be a terrible idea.) But in practice, the Argentines might rattle their sabers for domestic consumption, but they know better than to actually have a go at invading the Falklands again. They might be able to take the islands after they get back to having an air force, but they'd never be able to hold them. Not when the Royal Navy can roll in with a pair of aircraft carriers escorted by Type 45 destroyers and Type 26 frigates. For that matter, the Type 83 destroyers that haven't even been designed yet will probably be in service before Argentina gets back to having a real military.
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