The information was shared by Infobae. We are talking about five aircraft. The plan to transfer the attack aircraft was developed by Argentine Defence Minister Luis Petri and Foreign Minister Diana Mondino. It has already been approved by President Javier Milei. The plan is now being discussed with the US and NATO.
Insert Legolas and Gimli meme here, except it’s an Argentinian Exocet and a British Storm Shadow.
“Never thought I’d see combat in Ukraine beside an Argie.”
Not to ruin your joke but the missile and aircraft are originally French.
Yeah, French PR for weapon and nuclear sales was awkward during the 70s-80s.
Yep, but it doesn’t change the fact that the most noteworthy targets of Exocets were British, with the missiles being launched by Argentinians.
Double funny that the Storm Shadow is part french, too…
The French version is called SCALP and the Brit Storm Shadow. Same missile as I understand it. People were amused to see pictures of both together on the same aircraft flying for Ukraine.
Get in line for the “odd bedfellows” list:
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/amp/2024/04/26/su-27-flanker-uses-ipad-tablet-to-launch-american-agm-88-harm/
https://news.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-su-25-frogfoots-now-194758629.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/17/ukraines-frankensams-are-soviet-launchers-firing-american-missiles-they-just-scored-their-first-kill/
Kind of reminds me of the Worldwar series, where there’s an invasion by lizardlike space aliens right in the middle of World War II, and various human factions are forced to put aside their differences to fight back against the aliens, and you get some crazy fusion weapons, using various technologies of various factions. At one point, the Soviets extract uranium, the Americans build an atomic warhead with it, and the Germans use their huge rail-transported gun to fire it directly into a landed starship; because it’s just a dumb, heavy projectile, the counters that the aliens have that were intended to defeat missiles don’t work.