A letter from Argentina

Earlier this week, the UK Defence Journal received a letter from Argentina containing bold suggestions and… interesting claims.

I was going to comment on this, but, you’ll see why I didn’t.

“Dear Sirs,

I agree with Mr. Alliison; we will go to war against the UK again. I would like to correct Mr. Alliison: those are the Malvinas, and they are Argentine islands. You stole them from us, and we have always wanted them back.

To make things clear, General Paleo, the former chief of staff of the Argentine armed forces, stated in an interview that it is quite easy to retake the Malvinas today. The local UK garrison is small and only survives due to a couple of airfields. If the airfields are destroyed, the garrison falls. Should I receive the order to attack now, it is case closed.

Paleo is a brilliant military leader. In the last twenty years, Argentina has turned into the number one designer and manufacturer of nuclear reactors. We are far more advanced than the UK, Germany, etc. We are number one in the world, with more than 8,000 scientists. Products like the CAREM place us alone in an $800,000 market. The USA has been trying to stop us. We will provide Holland with a nuclear reactor for radioisotopes, meeting approximately 60% of Europe’s needs. My dear sirs, this is the bomb (boom). You cannot really believe that the number one manufacturer and nuclear designer in the world does not have the bomb. According to top nuclear scientists, we have developed ways to refine uranium to more than 90% purity that are not possible to detect. Besides, with Brazil, we have refused any control for the last 40 years. Fancy that. Only Brazilians enter Argentine nuclear plants, and Argentines enter Brazilian nuclear plants. We have a saying here: the south will be for the south.

Argentina is the largest and most sophisticated radar manufacturer in the southern hemisphere and one of the most important manufacturers in the world. Our country is more radarized than the UK. Our AESA radars can follow 600 targets, pick up any target with artificial intelligence, blind it, and proceed to its destruction. Our tanks and planes can be fired from a command and control center thousands of miles away. We can see an egg falling from any part of the South Atlantic, 560 km from any of our radars. Believe me, they are top of the art and very lethal.

Argentina is the number six world designer and manufacturer of satellites. Our clients include ESA, NASA, and the French Space Agency. We design everything from satellites to components. Do not believe anyone who tells you that the FOCUS constellation of military satellites is not ready. They are operative. Welcome to Argentina. FOCUS, phonetically “sucof” reading from right to left, in honor of Soviet Marshal Zhukov, gives you an idea of what you are about to face soon.

We are, after the superpowers, the number one ballistic missile operator and designer. We are far more sophisticated than Iran and North Korea, both merely Russian technology operators. We create our own monsters. The Tronador missile has a military variant capable of destroying any target 3,000 km away. It is millimeter accurate and can carry a 1,000 kg conventional warhead or a small nuclear bomb. In the 1980s, we had the Cóndor. Tronador is far better than Iskander. It was tested in combat when we ejected Evo Morales from power in 2019. By the way, General Paleo’s combination of special forces and Tronador caused havoc between Iranian and Bolivian paras. You cannot expect that 5,000 scientists specializing in space and missiles would not develop a toy.

Returning to General Paleo’s speech, the first strike with Tronador would destroy Typhoons, airfields, and any radar facility. Any ship not moving would be destroyed in seconds. Then you would be requested to leave. If you do not, we would destroy all food, water, and medical warehouses in the Malvinas. Without light, gas, food, and water, as General Paleo said, it is case closed. South Georgia would fall in hours, and British bases in Antarctica would be occupied in hours. As General Paleo said, islands are very difficult to defend. I will attack England from Santa Elena to Antarctica. How will you consolidate an army trying to land with a rain of missiles destroying any static ship and any construction on land?

We will have an aircraft carrier and missile launcher that will go from Salvador de Bahia in Brazil up to Ushuaia. Your problem is not F-16s; the USA bribed Milei at your request. Your problem is the above plus MiG-35s, KH-101s, Kinzhal, S-500s, KH-555s, and Kalibrs. You are not seeing the picture even if our top military leaders are telling you that you are already gone.

We have a scheduling problem. From 2035 to 2050, the world will shift to green hydrogen. With a production area that goes from Bahia Blanca to Ushuaia, we will be the largest green hydrogen producer with wind. It is a 2,200 km long front that goes hundreds of kilometers inland. As former German Ambassador Sante said, unlimited money for Argentina for unlimited quantities of green hydrogen for Europe. What I mean is that our differences must be solved before 2030. Do you understand? This is about energy. This is about Antarctica. And this is about the atomic bomb. Argentina built the above technology complex in the last 20 years, investing $80 billion.

One more piece of advice: the 1820 Rivadavia-García model cannot be replicated in 2024 with Javier Milei.

Best regards,

Ezequiel Cersosimo
Military Analyst
Master in History
Speaks 4 languages
20 trips to China
Businessman”

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