Falklands War 2?

[ikalugin]

Well then you could double it over the course of next 4 years and get the same amount of gear. Which is still horrifying.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

Well then you could double it over the course of next 4 years and get the same amount of gear. Which is still horrifying.

If anyone would sell it to you because your economy would have tanked even more than previously thought possible, and then you'd probably have been overthrown by a military junta who despite the promise of new guns, have realised that they actually can't afford them without turning into Weimar Germany and have decided to remove the person who has made the silly decision to up defense spending to a level higher than most western nations spend on their military.

[ikalugin]

Raising military budget to 2 percent of the GDP is not all that bad. And even 1 year of such allows them to have 50 flankers and 6-8 Improved Kilos.

Which is still decent.

And military Junta would probably love those arms anyway.

[STEED]

Now now jim, you of all people should know the 2nd war has been cancelled due to you mate Cameron.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

Raising military budget to 2 percent of the GDP is not all that bad. And even 1 year of such allows them to have 50 flankers and 6-8 Improved Kilos.

Which is still decent.

And military Junta would probably love those arms anyway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economi...y_of_Argentina

[ikalugin]

http://data.worldbank.org/country/argentina
Says 611 billion GDP in 2013.

One percent of this (a very small budget for arms procurement in my opinion) is 6 billion USD, thus they should be more than capable of supporting a 5 year long 20 billion program. Even Chilie spends more on defense than that.

[Betonov]

It also has a 7% unemployment level and a 30% of people below poverty line, a budget deficit, 45% of public dept and a 20% inflation and if the working Juan finds out that 6 billions are being used in military and not fixing the economy he will become a rioting Juan or worse, voting for someone else.


https://www.cia.gov/library/publicat...k/geos/ar.html

[ikalugin]

Well, ok. But I don't think it works that way in non democratic countries, as you can't vote for the other party. As there is no other party with Junta.

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by ikalugin

http://data.worldbank.org/country/argentina
Says 611 billion GDP in 2013.

One percent of this (a very small budget for arms procurement in my opinion) is 6 billion USD, thus they should be more than capable of supporting a 5 year long 20 billion program. Even Chilie spends more on defense than that.

Are those 6 billion just for procurement or the overall military budget with which they have to support the already existing army as well? That would greatly reduce the funds for new weapons.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

Are those 6 billion just for procurement or the overall military budget with which they have to support the already existing army as well? That would greatly reduce the funds for new weapons.

Simply not paying their debts back as Kirchner intends not to do, would open new financial possibilities. Or expropriating some foreign enterprise again and nationalize it.