Argentina is also in the process of buying - how fortuitously - a KC-130 tanker...
Not really. I wonder where this comes from.
i don't know what Kfirs actual combat range is in real world conditions
Barely enough to over fly Byron Heights. Not enough to engage in little things that only flourish in minds away from Argentina.
When the FFA talk to politicians I'll bet it's Chile they talk about not the RAF
First, Itīs FAA = FUERZA AEREA ARGENTINA.
Second, Chile is Argentinaīs safeguard against the RAF. Tide did turn in the past 25 years.
Meanwhile a Typhoon pilot could happily use his considerable dry-power speed / energy advantage, datalink/ESM/Pirate and at least 2Nm altitude advantage to drive his aircraft and chuck his missiles anywhere he pleases.
Thatīs of course true... if real world conditions would always allow. Ever heard about the Falkland-four-season-day? Was not there some trouble with the jet fuel some years ago? Did not a pair of EFAs had to divert to Punta Arenas some five plus years ago? (first time ever something like that happen in the South Atlantic, by the way)