Worthless. The only benefit will be keeping a handful of pilots used to flying supersonic ops, something which would be a lot easier to do through secondments.
Does Argentina have anything else which can air-launch Exocet AShM? That is the first capability which comes to my mind that could justify getting Super Etendards.
That's true, but it's balanced by what swerve said earlier. They have no serious requirement for an Exocet-like capability, their neighbours are all friendly and there isn't any realistic scenario where they'd need to fire them off.
Multiple points to consider for this question, but it has the same result
The UK can't block Gripens from being sold by either Sweden or Brazil. It can, however, refuse to allow them to have UK-made parts, which make up a large proportion of the Gripen (about 30%), including the radar of the JAS39E.
They simply lack the cash. They could easily buy Chinese or Russian fighters which would provide credible capability, but they cannot or will not supply the budget necessary to afford even them.
Apparently the issue with JF-17/J-10* wasn't the cost of the basic aircraft, but that they wanted to fill it with Western/Israeli avionics and the like which naturally didn't go down well with any party, in addition to costing a bomb.
Long story short no budget, doesn't mean the air force does not want it, does not mean Argentina could not afford. It means the government is unwilling or being generous unable to provide such funding.
Mmmm...is Navy doing QRA? That'd seem like Air Force task. Also, Etendard is supersonic only in a dive and it has no afterburner: it would be only slightly better QRA asset than the Pampas.
Good news for the Argentine Navy. That means five additional flying Super Etendards on top of the 5 (7?) ordered last year for spare parts, isn't it?
"Maybe" I understand what you mean. After all...
Yep and after all the other fast jet deals have fallen through because of funding, I won't hold my breathe.
I noticed that reportedly they looked at both the Gripen and Typhoon as well as several other Aircraft, I would think there chances of getting hold of either them even if they could have afforded them was x2, Buckley’s and none considering the degree of British involvement in both programs.
In Gripen's case it was really Brazil swearing that they can (eventually) make a Gripen that does not use British parts. This is technically true, but Argentina does not have the money to finance that, so it was wasted effort on Brazil's part. Sweden and Saab, as I recall, stayed quiet and noncommittal, likely realizing from the very beginning that Argentina can't afford Gripen anyway.