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Thanks for the update. Post-Falklands, the Argies are out of the carrier businness.

You're welcome.

They've done some joint ops with Brazil on Sao Paulo with their S-2 Trackers and Super Etendards. And there was some talk a while back that if Brazil were to move ahead with building it's own carrier they'd order a sister ship. But the Argie economy is pretty much in shambles at this point and even small carriers eat up a lot of money. Just ask the Thais about their t-i-n-y Spanish-built Harrier-carrier/Royal Yacht ...

Brazil on the other hand, is moving to expand it's carrier capability. I think a new deck is off the table for now, but they're having a number of C-1 Traders pulled out of mothballs in the US desert southwest (at one of the private boneyards, I don't think that they were even at AMARG anymore) and rebuilt as aerial refuelers, COD and AEWC birds. There's also some suggestion that the Swedes are proposing a navalized Gripen for them to replace their A-4s.