Please, let me explain one important point abaut the Peruvians and Russians,
at the time there was an embargo on weapons sales, both for Peru and Ecuator, being the difference, that on the Ecuatorian side, their stocks were complete while in Peru, there was only 3 M2k’s to fight, with one sationed south because of the increased activity from the Chilean air force, make no mistake, i’m not saying that Fach had any intentions, but something had to stay south to keep an eye.
so with only 2 M2k’s to protect formations of up to 8 attakers, between Su-22 and A37B, as you can see, situation was desperate and the only people who didnt care about embargoes at the time…Ucraine and Belarus.
the second point, is that the deal with belarus included parts and support for 2 years and they DID actually delivered.
with the peace treaty signed up, the governments after Fujimori decided to cut the military budget way too much and started a campaing of missinformation destined to ruin whatever bought during the Fujimori years, ending up in what we all know now.
it is true that 3 new Migs SE were bought to deal directly from russia but the new government failed to pay for parts and these caused the russians to stop sending spares.
as you can see, it wasnt a matter of supplier reliability, it was a matter of “bad customer”, thats all.
back to FAB
congratulations Brasil for the M2k’s, hopefully they’ll meet with the Peruvian air force M2k’s and have some serious fun 😎
saludos fratelhos Brasileiros
Camaro.
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