(by Massimiliano D'Elia) They had to find a culprit and they identified him in the Chief of the Armed Force. Admiral Marcelo Srur who was in charge of the Argentine Navy after the disappearance of the Ara San Juan submarine and its crew in the southern waters of the Atlantic Ocean was sacked last month. The BBC writes it online, specifying that the Defense Minister has in fact 'retired'. A large international search operation had been launched in search of the submarine. Some ships are still present in the place where it is alleged to have disappeared and exactly in the area where a noise had been recorded in the hours following its disappearance.
Public opinion has thus been satisfied. The faults, however, are to be found elsewhere. The missing submarine with his crew was part of a fleet now dated. The San Juan had just had a long phase of restoration and modernization. Many Argentine sailors thought the boat was not as efficient as most of the fleet. The scarcity of funds destined for the Argentine defense, moreover, also lead to this type of tragedy. Their armament is constituted for the most part by old means of other nations that have undergone important revamping phases before the sale.
It is necessary to allocate funds for a sustainable, effective and efficient defense, otherwise resources are lost and, as in this case, also men, who are the most important resource.
Having a defense, sufficient, is a danger to the nation and its citizens. Better not to have it at all or to reduce it to a few effective and above all efficient modern units. The numbers are no longer necessary, but the substance to be sought in the ability to be able to defend properly and be able to perform profound actions in complex and cyber contexts.
