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Buenos Aires (AFP) June 9, 2010 -

China is studying plans to install a satellite dish in Argentina for Beijing’s space program, a local official said Wednesday.

“China sent a delegation to Argentina to study the possibility of constructing an antenna for its space research,” said Adolfo Italiano, director of planning and technology for the Neuquen provincial government in southwest Argentina.

He said Chinese engineers offered few details but indicated an interest in Argentina for the space program.

In addition to Neuquen, the delegation visited other provinces, including Rio Negro and Mendoza and also traveled to Chile.

It is not known when the Chinese government will make a decision.

Beijing is considering launching in 2011 a space module, Tiangong-1, viewed as an important step towards the goal of a manned space station.

In 2003 China became the third country that sent a man into space with the Shenzhou-5 mission.

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December.09 (China Military News cited from Reuters) — Peru is in talks to buy tanks (MBT-VT1A, see this post) from China and fighter planes from Brazil to replenish an “obsolete” military arsenal, officials said on Wednesday, just weeks after accusing Chile of starting an arms race.

President Alan Garcia has criticized Chile, which defeated Peru in the 19th century War of the Pacific, for negotiating the purchase of U.S. missiles and radar equipment.

Garcia has also tried to spearhead an anti-arms initiative in Latin America, where countries like Venezuela, Brazil and Colombia have been beefing up their armed forces.

“The government is in talks to acquire a fleet of tanks made in China to replace some of the obsolete units of the armed forces,” Defense Minister Rafael Rey told local radio.

“It’s about equipment replacement — not about entering an incessant arms race,” Prime Minister Javier Velasquez said on RPP radio.

Peru said Super Tucano planes it buys from Brazil’s Embraer would be used to combat cocaine trafficking in remote parts of the Andes and Amazon jungle.

Peru’s government, which hopes to replace Soviet-era tanks acquired in the 1970s, did not say how much it would spend on the new equipment.

Chilean Defense Minister Francisco Vidal has said any U.S. equipment that Chile buys would cost much less than a recent $650 million estimate provided by the Pentagon.

Vidal said potential purchases of missiles and Sentinel radar systems would not upset the military balance in South America.

Chile’s armed forces have benefited from years of windfall copper earnings due to a law that entitles them to 10 percent of state copper giant Codelco’s sales. The government has sent a bill to Congress that aims to scrap the Codelco payment.

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A Chinese naval flotilla Saturday concluded its good-will visit to Chile and sailed for Peru to continue its South America tour. The squadron, composed of missile destroyer Shijiazhuang and supply ship Hongzehu, unmoored at around 10:00 a.m. local time and sailed from the Valparaiso military wharf to music played by the Chile navy’s military band. The two-vessel fleet arrived in Chile on Monday for the Chinese Navy’s second visit to Chile since 1997. During the four-day….