Warplanes bought by the government left France

The Five modernized Super Etendard fighter-bombers (SEM) have left France Thursday and they head to Argentina. They will be part of naval naval aviation.

L & # 39; plane were supposed to keep Argentine airspace at the G20 summit It was held in Buenos Aires in late 2018, but its arrival was delayed for budgetary reasons.

This airplane model is an old name of the country: It was used by Argentina during the Falklands War conflict in 1982. Its Exocet missiles sank the British fleet, the HMS Sheffield destroyer and the cargo ship Atlantic Conveyor.

The purchase, signed in December 2017, was in charge of the Ministry of Defense and closed by 12.5 million euros.

The five planes were part of the French navy and had been withdrawn from service in 2016. They have been updated with the goal of extending their operational and modernized life in their navigation and configuration systems to broaden their range of missions. Here, they would be mainly intended for control of the sea of ​​Argentina.

Through a video that is mounted on their social networks, the Ministry of Defense showed the planes before being shipped to the country. "The five modernized Super Etendard aircraft have embarked in France and are already heading to Argentina aboard the merchant ship Lily Auerbach, and thousands of spare parts will arrive and the simulator for training and qualification of our pilots, "says the message.

Airplanes they reach a speed of 1100 km / h and their autonomy reaches nearly 1900 km. The purchase in France includes in the same shipment spare parts, radar, tools and a simulator to train pilots.

As soon as the news of the incorporation of these planes has been known, The United Kingdom has purchased an expensive anti-missile shield of Israeli origin to protect the Malvinas Islands, according to the London newspaper published end of 2017 Daily mail.