Snufflebug’s portrayal of the Viggen doesn’t seem to match common perceptions.

AT63 only has 75% the motor of the Hawk. Maybe 40% the motor of the latter two. It is extremely comparable to K-8, using a closely related motor from the same manufacturer.

The cost of security for the islands is far outweighed by the benefits of the resources and claims that extend out to the natural shelf. Argentina would love this position.

Could a new situation like Cuba erupt in such a way to threaten Brazil’s sovereignty? It wouldn’t take much, maybe start with a simple port call from China and they offload a few thousand advisors, armored cars, a squadron of J-7, ‘aid’ for the poor, etc. Said force – remember I am only saying China as an example – sets up aid shelters (internment camps), schools (re-education camps), hospitals (asylums), and vocational training (forced labor) centers. Society is literally transformed within a year. Military aid is granted after a cry for help upon a (sham) crisis. Pretty soon a whole division is quietly shuffled in country. Another two divisions is en route for war games. Rebel activity amplifies in the hinterland regions of the surrounding neighbors. Opposition leaders in neighboring countries ask for military intervention to suppress yet another crisis.

There are quite a few aircraft in US Army service that are civilian aircraft designs converted to a military role.

The Pucara was used on its own people. I doubt the average Argentinian would like to see their country overly rearm in any way, shape, or form.

You may as well use a civilian twin-engine conversion or Tucano rather than re-open a Pucara line. The latter is a symbol of a savage dictator that brutally oppressed his own people and used multiple shades of self-created crisis to maintain martial law.

400km range is when four operate in sync using a data chain method of scanning. It is purely a search mode, not a tracking mode.