December 3, 2003 at 6:49 pm
As some of you know we are about weeks from a final decision of the FX- Brazil . Problem is that the american did a really good offer to beat the favouritism of the mains competitors , the Mirage 2000BR ( a licensed production of the Mirage 2000-9) and the Su35 ( which would be locally producted with full technological transfer not to about promissed russian assistance on brazilian spatial program and in the submarine nuclear one )
US offsets offered for F16 E :
– AMRAAMS liberated ( note that even Chile didnt get this!)
– 130 M-1 Abrams tanks and support specialized support vehicles
– an indefined number of M-2 Bradley;
– 32 M-109;
– communication material;
– 4 FFG-7 armadas with Harpoon missiles and Standard SM-2
– 2 LPD AUSTIN or LST New Port;
– 16 F-16ADF with delivery in one year and armed with AIM 9L;
– 6 C-130H;
– 2 KC-135
– Used F-16C/D Block 30/40 to replace the F5 when they retire
-manutention of the A-12 São Paulo’s catapult to allow the use of F/A-18C/D Hornet. And they would be repassed in about 02 years.
– AH-1 Cobras.
ALL FREE!!!
Our army loved it .
P.S: Sorry for my english 😉