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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Peru to upgrade fast aging air force jets

[Mirage 200]Peru is going ahead with a $266 million upgrade of its fast aging combat aircraft while it considers how to keep its air force up to speed with changing technologies and modern warfare requirements.

Peru faces no external threat, but President Ollanta Humala is under increasing pressure to be more proactive in the government's crackdown on Shining Path guerrilla groups that caused a Cabinet crisis earlier this month with resignations by Defense Minister Alberto Otarola and Interior Minister Daniel Lozada.

The ministers were criticized for their handling of the aftermath of April kidnapping by the guerrillas of 36 construction workers in southeastern Peru. The workers were released but the security operations left nine members of the government forces dead.

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