"With Stryker deal, Argentina tightens US defense ties"
Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
Breaking Defense
10 July 2025
Published: https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/with-stryker-deal-argentina-tightens-us-defense-ties/
Analysts said the deal, struck during a high-profile visit to Washington, came as Beijing also courts Buenos Aires.
WASHINGTON — During a visit to Washington, DC to meet directly with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Argentina’s defense minister Luis Petri took the opportunity to sign a letter of agreement for 8×8 M1126 Stryker infantry fighting vehicles.
Analysts said last week’s deal, along with another last year for American-made but used F-16 fighter jets, have come just in time to boost US-Argentine relations, as China looms in the background.
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