buenos air search argentine submarine miss south atlantic week highlight dwindle resources lack train face arm force since end military dictatorship early 1980s south america second-largest economy lurch one crisis next recent decades military fund priority cash-strapped governments incident like disappearance ara san juan problem make military political analysts say human right violations perpetrate dictatorship break bond society arm force say andrei serbin pont research director cry think tank buenos air say rethink military role society long overdue majority argentines really care arm force therefore politicians particularly interest maintain sort military policy defense policy say since loss falklands war britain 1982 fall dictatorship follow year military spend fall 2.16 percent gross domestic product gdp low 0.87 percent 2011 accord world bank data inch 0.96 percent gdp last year spend remain well behind neighbor brazil chile spend 1.3 percent 1.9 percent gdp militaries respectively data show early determine cause disappearance ara san juan intense search rescue effort continue wednesday argentina submarine fleet among areas military plague lack fund 2014 fleet spend total 19 hours submerge versus 190 days need fulfillment operational train need accord may 2016 report specialist publication jane sentinel fact little use submarine indication clearly problem wait happen say evan ellis research professor focus latin america u.s. army war college strategic study institute president mauricio macri pledge improve 26,000-strong arm force capabilities campaign 2015. administration 2016 state state report note 70 percent defense ministry budget spend wag pension rather investment condition work practically impossible talk arm force elisa carrio key member macri let change coalition say recent television interview since take office december 2015 macri markedly improve finance situation 2018 budget call 14 percent increase fund defense ministry inflation expect 15.7 percent march then-defense minister julio martinez tell reuters argentina lack money buy aircraft replace age fleet german-built ara san juan launch 1983 undergo local upgrade begin 2008 include replacement four diesel engines electric propeller engines accord jane sentinel shortly give last location nov. 15 submarine report electrical outage concern state vessel surface video publish newspaper perfil tense meet macri relatives 44 crew members someone die things change could invest one sailor wife record tell macri macri say ship level maintenance age matter authorities convince submarine good condition argentine news media report search spark friction navy defense ministry civilian authorities concern military forthcoming information navy officials deny ministry source authorize speak publicly tell reuters ministry open investigation incident rule criminal charge search operation complete miss argentine submarine highlight years military underfunding