Word: argentina
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...Haig had to take a public stance of neutrality, but the British government made it clear to the Secretary that it would expect the U.S. to change its posture if his mediating talks failed; the U.S. would be expected to join in the European trade and economic sanctions against Argentina. Warned a British Cabi net member: "If the President were to choose neutrality between a Britain countering an aggression against its territory and an Argentina which had broken the rule of law, the alliance between our two countries would suffer a blow from which it might take years to fully...
...need to make your own weapons today: the world is filled with arms merchants who are happy to oblige any customers. Argentina is a classic example of a country with a modest arms industry of its own but a large and potent, if somewhat obsolescent, arsenal of weapons purchased almost exclusively from Western nations. Ironically, virtually all of Argentina's main weapons have been supplied by Britain or Britain's NATO allies. No major orders have gone to the Soviet Union...
From the U.S. The core of the Argentine air force and navy consists of old, but updated and well-maintained American-made planes and ships. The air force has 68 versatile A-4P Skyhawk attack aircraft. In addition, Argentina has 14 A-4Q navy Skyhawks; seven C-130 transports; two KC-130 tankers; and some 20 Hughes and Bell helicopters. The navy's only cruiser, the General Belgrano, was commissioned in 1939 and bought from the U.S. in 1951 for $7.8 million. Six Argentine destroyers are U.S.-built World War II vintage vessels fitted with French-built surface...
From Britain. The flagship of the navy is the 1945 aircraft carrier, the Veinticinco de Mayo, sold first to the Dutch, who later resold it to the Argentines. The navy also includes two guided missile destroyers (one built in Argentina under British supervision) and six coastal minesweepers. The army is equipped with Tigercat surface-to-air missiles; the air force flies nine Canberra medium bombers...
From West Germany. Argentina acquired two patrol boats, two conventional Type 209 (Salta) submarines and 125 TAM medium tanks...