MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Wednesday, May 20th 2026 - 23:59 UTC
The initiative is part of the US Department of War's Program 333, the framework through which Washington seeks to deepen its military ties with allied countries
Javier Milei's government on Wednesday announced the signing of a letter of intent with the United States for joint patrolling of the South Atlantic over the next five years, in a military cooperation agreement that ratifies Buenos Aires's strategic alignment with the Donald Trump administration and that has triggered alarms over Argentine sovereignty in its maritime spaces. The agreement, signed by the US Southern Command and Argentine Navy authorities, involves the supply of US technology to modernize the South American country's naval equipment and, at the same time, authorizes the participation of US forces in patrolling the Argentine southern sea.
The initiative is part of the US Department of War's Program 333, the framework through which Washington seeks to deepen its military ties with allied countries, and is being developed under the official title “Protecting Global Commons Program.” Cooperation has already begun with the delivery of multispectral sensors, command and control systems, communications, and data link equipment for an Argentine Navy B-200M Cormorán aircraft. Assistance will continue with two Textron B-360 ER MPA aircraft for surveillance, vessel detection, and maritime traffic identification, vertical takeoff drones operable from offshore patrol vessels, and a simulator for P-3C Orion aircraft.
