I would take the word of the Argentinian government and ministry of defense over janes and BDF or whatever other defense reporters any single day. They can be wrong too. They rely on external data, in this case Argentinian media, which turned out to be false. The very reason the Argentinian government stepped in to make the correction that they had
NOT picked any fighter for purchase yes was because of these fake news reports that started from Argentinian media and were then picked up by other sources. I know they want the JF, but that doesn’t mean they‘ll get it, I’ll wait until the Argentinian government officially announces they want it.
This is the official site of the Argentinian government, it confirms what I just said, their MoD made a press release regarding this to confirm it as well.
El ministerio de Defensa informa que, mediante nota de Autorización de Operaciones de Crédito Público, ha solicitado la inclusión para el Presupuesto 2022 de la autorización de gestionar crédito por hasta USD 664 millones para la adquisición de aviones caza polivalente, para la vigilancia y...
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