Posted on 04/15/2008 11:14:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Brazil and Russia signed an agreement on Tuesday to jointly develop top-line jet fighters and satellite launch vehicles. Brazil's Strategic Affairs Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger told reporters the agreement will lead to the development of fifth-generation jet fighters that are built using sophisticated engineering, such as composite materials, stealth technology and advanced radar. The agreement signed by Unger and the deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council, Valentin Sobolev, includes the construction of rockets capable of hurling several kinds of satellites into space. Brazil builds its own small and medium-size rockets that are launched from the Alcantara base in the northeastern state of Maranhao. The base is considered an excellent launch site because it is located just 2.3 degrees south of the equator, the line at which the Earth moves the fastest, helping propel rockets into space with less fuel... Earlier this year, France aid it would transfer technology to the Brazil for construction of the Scorpene attack submarine, helicopters and the Rafale fighter plane. The Scorpene is a conventional attack submarine, but Brazilian officials have said they want the diesel-powered vessel to serve as a model for the development of a nuclear submarine that would be the first in Latin America... University of Brasilia political scientist David Fleischer said the agreement may not advance very far because Russia may limit the transfer of technology for the fighter jets... Venezuela recently bought 53 Russian-made attack helicopters, 100,000 assault rifles, 24 Sukhoi fighter jets, 12 military transport planes and 5,000 sniper rifles.
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Target rich enviroment!
Will it run on ethanol?
LLS
But I thought Russia was working with India to develop their 5th gen fighter.
Sugar beets.
Brazil Seeks to Build Nuclear Submarine(with French help)
The Associated Press | 01/29/2008 | Stan Lehman
Posted on 01/28/2008 10:32:08 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961228/posts
France ready to transfer technology for fighter planes, submarine to Brazil
The Associated Press | February 12, 2008
Posted on 02/13/2008 7:57:54 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969682/posts
Makes sense.
LLS
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