Chapter 1838 Fake News

I won’t go into detail here about the process of the Falklands War. If you are interested, you can find documentaries or information on your own. It’s quite interesting.

Just talking about the results, there is no doubt that the powerful British Royal Navy taught the Pampas Eagle a lesson and told the Argentinians one truth - your uncle is still your uncle, don't try to play tricks with your uncle. You can't play!

The result is that hundreds of people in Argentina have died and found that this war cannot be fought. After another fight, they will not even be able to eat beef, so surrender.

The British occupied the Falklands.

This battle seemed to have defeated the pride in the bones of the Argentinians, and they no longer had the courage to use force. It has been almost 40 years since the war and they have not recovered.

But speaking of it, the reason why the Argentines took the initiative to provoke the Falklands War was that they wanted to use the war to boost domestic morale and ease domestic conflicts. To put it bluntly, it was a matter of money. At that time, the inflation rate in Argentina was already as high as 600%. It is conceivable that And you know how serious the internal contradictions are.

In the absence of other means, war became Argentina's few options.

But Argentina obviously underestimated Britain's determination. After the Argentine army occupied the Malvinas Islands, Britain immediately organized an ocean-going fleet to expedition to Argentina. Due to the huge disparity in national power, although Argentina had a record of sinking British destroyers during the war, overall It seems that Argentina is being suppressed by the United Kingdom.

After this battle, Argentina lost more than 60 fighter planes and many warships were sunk. Its only aircraft carrier, the "May 25th", could only huddle in the military port to avoid British submarines and After the attack by carrier-based aircraft, only a few dozen A-4AR "Fighting Skyhawk" fighters were left. This was the entire force that guarded Argentina's skies for decades to come.

It's sad that the majestic Pampas eagle has no courage to fly high. Who is to blame? Blame John Bull? Or do you blame yourself?

The reason why the Argentine Air Force is in such a miserable situation is because after the defeat in the Falklands War, the new Argentine government did not trust the military and provided very little support to the military. As a result, the Argentine Air Force could not even manage the 60 aircraft lost in the war. get replenished.

Then there is the United Kingdom's obstruction. During the Falklands War, the United Kingdom put pressure on France, preventing Argentina from obtaining enough "Exocet" anti-ship missiles from France. After the war, the United Kingdom fully exerted its influence and asked all countries to No more advanced weapons and equipment will be exported to Argentina.

In fact, Argentina is not without any ideas. They have also shown great interest in Israel's "Little Lion" and Sweden's "Grypen". However, Israel ultimately stated that it could not submit to Argentina due to technical and political factors. Fighter aircraft for sale.

All fools know this is an excuse.

After all, 30% of the parts of the Gripen are produced in the UK. Although Sweden is willing to sell this fighter jet to Argentina, the UK is firmly opposed.

In desperation, the Argentinians could only use the dilapidated A-4 to watch the scenery in the airspace. As time went by, the aging A-4AR "Fighting Skyhawk" fighter was no longer able to take on important tasks. A few years ago, due to lack of funds and the condition of the aircraft, Due to concerns and other reasons, Argentina announced the grounding of all A-4AR "Fighting Skyhawk" fighter jets.

Up to now, the Argentinians don’t even have a jet fighter. They can only use propeller fighters like the Super Tucano to defend their airspace. The effect is almost the same as praying. To put it bluntly, they are praying for other countries not to use machine guns to kill mosquitoes. We don't cause trouble, we just eat beef and watch football in a peaceful manner.

The poor Pampas eagle's life is not as good as that of the Lebanese. At least the country's land is small and the toucan is enough.

All in all, there is zero chance of using Argentina's Super Tucano to stimulate the Chileans to replace their fighter planes!

The Argentines gave up hope. Looking north, Bolivia had fought with the Chileans, and they also had jet fighters, but they were still training aircraft imported from country Z.

No one, no matter how blind, would use a training aircraft to compete with the F-16.

It seems that in the end we should count on Peru.

France's Rafale, Mirage, MiG-29, and Su-25. This combination seems to be able to compete with Chile's old F-16 for a while. No, it should have a 6-point chance of winning.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng immediately said, "General, I have to remind you that according to the news I have received, Peru is ready to introduce Su-27. Of course it is a second-hand product, but the general, as an industry insider, should know that Su-27's Sky Goddess 'Strength."

Yang Cheng's words almost shocked the general's jaw. This news is so shocking. What are the Peruvians going to do? Are you going to invade Chile? Or go directly to Brazil?

It’s no wonder that the general thinks too much. The Su-27 is a multi-purpose heavy fighter that can not only compete for air supremacy but also carry out ground strikes deep behind enemy lines. The rash addition of a new aircraft model is by no means as simple as just talking, and must be considered in a strategic sense.

Previously, the air layout of Chile and Peru, the two neighbors, generally tended to compete for air supremacy. Therefore, the air forces of both countries mainly relied on light air superiority fighters. The main strategic requirement of the two countries was to seize air superiority with more dexterous bodies.

But the news that Yang Cheng broke out without hesitation made the general fall into deep worry.

Speaking of this, I have to mention Yang Cheng’s grasp of people’s hearts. Chileans are famous for being aggressive and hot-tempered. They have never been afraid of war and are even willing to modernize the army. However, they have too few steel in their pockets. , the plan has been shelved, but this does not mean that they are afraid of competition.

Suddenly I heard that my neighbor had changed his mind. The first reaction of the Chilean people was that I want it too. Then they considered the significance of the other party's actions, and finally they thought about how accurate the news was.

Returning to the issue of fighter aircraft, the layout of the two air forces is very targeted, as can be seen from the models selected by the two air forces.

After the end of World War II, the world entered a pattern of polarization, which was the so-called Cold War period.

In fact, during this period, the United States and the Soviet Union basically divided the world equally, and there were no other countries at all. Since both sides wanted to further compete for world leadership, both sides began to exert their efforts in the field of military weapons.

For example, at that time, the U.S. Air Force had just successfully developed and put into service two advanced third-generation fighters, the F15 and F16. In order to offset the technical advantages of the U.S. Air Force, shortly after these two fighters entered service, the Soviet military also stepped up its efforts to launch the country's most advanced MiG. 29 fighter jets and Su-27 fighter jets can be said to be at par with each other, both in light and heavy configurations.

For air force fans, their favorite thing to do is to compare various fighters, such as which fighter is better, the MiG-29 or the Su-27.

Thinking from Chile's perspective, they would also think that on the basis of Peru having MiG-29s, is it necessary to buy Su-27s, which are also of a backward era?

Or don't you think that the strength of the two is similar?

In fact, judging from the fighter data, the performance of the two Soviet fighters is very good. However, because the Soviet Union had different divisions of labor between the two fighters at the time, they had their own strengths in the design of the fighters, such as the Su-27 fighter. As a heavy fighter developed by the Soviet Union at that time, it focused more on homeland air defense and air combat over a wide range and range, while the MiG-29, as a light fighter, focused more on close air combat and fire support for frontline positions.

In Africa 20 years ago, as the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea over territorial ownership continued to escalate, people were lucky enough to see the Su-27 and MiG-29, half-brothers. duel.

At that time, Ethiopia imported 8 Su-27s from Polar Bear, while Eritrea also imported 10 MiG-29s from Polar Bear.

On an ordinary morning in the new millennium, two MiG-29s of the Eritrean Air Force suddenly approached Ethiopian airspace. After entering the warning range, the Ethiopian Air Force urgently dispatched two Su-27s to carry out the eviction mission. However, Shortly after taking off, a Su-27 fighter jet had to withdraw from the battlefield early due to a malfunction in its onboard avionics system. This was undoubtedly great news for the Eritrean Air Force at the time. The ending of 2:1 was normal. Everyone can guess the result.

However, the strength of the pilots is also an important factor in determining the direction of the war. Since the Ethiopian pilots at that time had undergone professional polar bear training, in the air combat, the Ethiopian pilots relied on their strong psychological quality and combat skills to always firmly grasp the situation. Taking the initiative on the battlefield, they finally succeeded in shooting down a MiG-29, but the remaining MiG-29 saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly evacuated the battlefield.

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