As part of the plan to reequip the Armed Forces, the Minister of Defense, Luis Petritraveled to Italy to negotiate the purchase of San Giorgio ship. “This is a warship.”amphibious assault“which can transport infantry troops, which has capabilities that the Sea Fleet of the Argentina Army not available in practice.
The national force has been does not have a ship of this stylecapable of taking troops with all their material, even the heaviest, to any place and being able to disembark them even without a dock or practicable port for them. conduct an amphibious assaultenergizing aeronaval elements.
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The San Giorgio class is a series of three of the Marina Militare (Italian Navy) composed of units San Giorgio, San Marco and San Giusto; the latter with some modifications of the initial design. To these are added the Kalaat Béni Abbèsbuilt for the Algerian Navy by the Fincantieri company, and an updated version for Qatar which is under construction.
Among its characteristics, the San Giorgio class stands out for its displacement of almost eight thousand tonslength of 133.3 meters and beam of 20.5 meters. It has sensors SMA SPN-748 (navigation), SMA SPS-702 (surface-air) and Selex RTN-10X (fire direction) and its propulsion is two Fincantieri GMT A 420.12 diesel engines.
This ship can transport 350 infantry troops together 30 vehicles of various types, such as the LVTP, amphibious assault. It does not have an aircraft hangar, but it has a flight deck to operate light and medium helicopters of various classes.
The Italian Navy has on its agenda cancel soon to the San Giorgio and the San Marcos, the two oldest units of the class, which came into service in 1988, while the San Giusto did so in 1994. This is due to its plans to modernize its fleet, which was confirmed together to the plans of construction of two new ships of this type.
The situation represents an opportunity for Argentina, where the president Javier Milei He maintains a good relationship with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni. Beyond this, the purchase of second-hand ships allows countries that do not have the economic capabilities to recover or not lose capabilities for their Armed Forces.
Petri’s trip to Italy and Belgium
The Minister of Defense traveled this Monday towards Italy and also has planned to visit Belgiumwhere it will arrive to reinforce the country’s request to be a global partner of the alliance of the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Without an entourage, Petri will hold a bilateral meeting on Tuesday with his Italian counterpart Guido Crosetto. Cooperation between Argentina and Italy in defense matters comes since 1992with a framework agreement that came into force in 1997. There is also an agreement signed in 2016 that establishes areas of mutual cooperation, including research and development and common security and defense policy.
The visit of the Mendoza leader to Rome would include a tour of the plant of Leonard, depending on the times for your second stopover in Brussels. With this factory a letter of intent was signed for the acquisition of 8 helicopters for the Argentine Navy in 2023, during the administration of the former Minister of Defense, Jorge Taiana.
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