FRANCS-ARGENTINA: Shipment of Naval Aircraft
//Four more Super Etnndard naval aircraft am being shipped to Argentina from France, according to press reports. After this delivery is completed some time in early January, Argentina will have received the aircraft obtained
tat somaons of munitions and spare parts are eluded in the latest shipment.//
Comment: he French probably nave provided onlyf the Exocet missiles thus far. The new Super Etendards have strengthened Argentina's naval air force. Even ao, targets in the Falkland Islands remain at the far reaches of the Super Etendard's unrefueled combat ranqe, and the British have substantially improved the islands' air defenses.//
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