The MiG-25 is basicly a space ship

MiG-25 in Hakkodate airport and japanese containers and the Ye-152A the grand dady of the Foxbat and soem prototype MiG-25 along side some GDR (DDR) MiG-23s

Hi Baphomet , the MAR-1 is an indigenous anti radar missile with range +- 20 km .

Flogger has a impressive aount of LA pics let me add him a little :

Brazil’s indigenous MBT Osorio , comparable to the M-1 Abrams ( while the first trusts on its velocity the Abrams trust on its superarmor )

Link ( in portuguese ) about Osorio :

http://militaryzone.home.sapo.pt/osorio-file.htm

Another link ( in english ) about Osorio and another indigenous brazilian MBT , the Tamoyo:

http://fprado.com/armorsite/EE-T1-Osorio.htm

Brazil’s indigenous anti-tank missile with 60 km of range and resistant to ECM , the FOG-MPM :

Brazil’s indigenous “Tomahawks'” missile ( gps and , who knows Galileo too if we really join the europeans ), the AV-MT300 launched by an ASTROS 2 :

Also Argentina has developed tanks here is a not so good picture of the TAM, Mirage 2000 from Peru, An-26 from Mexico, domestically designed and built Sonda rockets from Brazil the VS-30, Sonda III and IV, the launch of the VLS from the Brazilian Alcantara space pad and Embraer R-99

I think its a big mistake to consolidate any kind of technology development all into one basket. What people dont want to face is that its a bussiness. It doesnt matter that its government funded and not private funded, space programs are there to make money for those who work on it. And without competition, its to their advantage to go over budget and as go as far beyond schedule as they can get away with. Just look at all the eurocanard fighter programs, no competition = average 20 years of development and over budget by order of magnitudes. The world as a whole will profit better by having many small programs competing with eachother than one big money hole that everyone contributes too.

I agree with you 100% but is imperative nations like Mexico, Brazil or Argentina to developed the space technology, for example Mexico in the 1960s was capable of building sonda rockets until the late 1970s it means Mexico and Brazil started at the same time but Mexico quit the race and the Mexican space program was simply eliminated for 2 reasons it seemed cheaper to use american rockets than develope their own and infact it was a grave mistake and lack of investment by the private sector making the Mexican space program relying in the government funds and the Mexican Government invest too little in research and development programs and that was good for the US keeping Mexico so dependant on the US and European technology, Brazil uses European and american technology to suply it`s own needs but still Brazil tries to develope it`s own technology, Mexico now has SATEX a new program to create domestic satellites as Argentina has done with the CONAE`s SAC satellites built in Bariloche designed and built in Argentina and also Brazil has done the same, but of the three nations only Brazil has a well developed space program and still Brazil it is trying to build Sondas and satelite launcher vehicles even in joint programs with Chile.
Argentina and Brasil also cooperate in space technology in fact the Brasilian sonda VS-30 is going to be loaded with Argentine instrumentaion and Argentina currently is signing joint programs with Peru and a Funny note Argentina`s domestic designed and built satellite SAC B was tested in Brazilian enviromental laboratories.

On the Picture we see the VLS, one of the VLS`s aerodynamic configurations studies,the launch of the Brazilian-Chinese CBERS satellite from a Chinese Long March 4B and some Brazilian sonda rockets and most interesting a TJ-2 turbine made in Brazil although it is still just a prototype and only will be used in UAVs also a drawing of Brazil`s Sondas and Satellite laucher rockets the drawing shows how many companies are involved in the programs

hmmm, 9 pages… has anyone mentioned the most capable model Mig-23 yet?

(I mean the fastest, highest climbing, highest g rated Mig-23?)

Give you a hint….

Able to fly at 1,440km/h at sea level and Mach 2.5 at altitude, cleared to pull 12gs with a ceiling of 30km…

i feel that would be the MiG-23 drone is not it

Mexican Air Force Mil-26, An-26 and F-5 weird combination in the cold war.
There were some rumours that in the 1980 Israel offered Mexico the IAI Kfir and according to some even the assambling of the Kfirs in Mexico but under US presure Mexico opted for the F-5E, Today the things are different, the Mi-8 helicopter deal is old since 1995 the governments of Russia and Mexico were planning the assembly of Mil Helicopters in Mexico, many consider that the Mi-8 helicopters in mexican service are mostly grounded and few are in active service nevertheless Mexico opted for economic reasons to built the assembly and overhaul plants in three mexican states due to the large fleets of MiL helicoters operated in Latin America since the plants will give the overhaul to Peruvian, Nicarauguan, Cuban and other latin American Mil Helicopters and even Antonov aircraft used by any latin American Air Forces . in fact these assembly and overhaul Mil helicopters plants in Mexico will work in similar fashion to the Eurocopter-Helibras cooperation that opeartes in Brazil

My opinion about space programms is quite simple. At the moment any space programm is either a millitary or dcientific programm, and so they are paid for by the goverment. No space programm could be run inly from the commercial income it generates and that will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Commercial viable space programms will be develpoed by private companies, when there is a real market for them. And then those will compete for the commercial satelitte launches.

Communications technology however is an important technology for the future and Latin America should develop a joint capability (or better expand the existing).

MEROCSUR could join ESA (which is already searching for money) and get a percentage in the ürpgramme. Get a good technolgy transfer and you get a better deal, then doing all alone.

My personal opinion on space programms is that there should be only one worldwide programm and it should be a joint effort paid for by all nations. Just imagine what could have done if the money spent on developing all those launch plattforms on other projects.

That would include free technolgy transfer to all partner nations.

I agree but up to a degree because a civil space program is on the way with Burt Rutan and the X price contenders, also Brazil`s satellite launch vehicle is not so expensive only USD $8 million dollars a piece per VLS Launcher, a bargain compared to a Su-30MKI or a Rafale is not it? Brazil space program is quit cheap only USD $33 million in 2002 even Russia`s space program costs in 2002 were quit cheap only USD $312 million that is bargain compared to the Billions spend by the US USD $14 billions, France USD $1.7billion or Japan`s USD $2.47 Billion dollars.
The Russian and Brazil cooperation in the Orion project is good it will provide cheap alternatives to ESA or NASA specially if the orion program goes ahead or even the X price 😀 and a funny note the VLS program total costs in 18 years were USD $270 million dollars, in 18 years Brazil spent less than five Eurofighter getting a space rocket satellite launcher with it`s own technology that can be paid by TV stations, telecommunication services and the military is not it?

On the Picture Mexican Air Force aircraft weir combination S-70 Black Hawk and Mi-2; Antonov An-26 and C-130 Hercules

Latin american AWACS