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>>> I wouldn't expect Brazil to be a market for this sort of plane, but rather more countries which currently primarily purchase used or refurbished soviet figh
by at-fates-hands 12y ago
>>> I wouldn't expect Brazil to be a market for this sort of plane, but rather more countries which currently primarily purchase used or refurbished soviet fighters.
I would presume this means a lot of middle eastern and northern African countries - most of whom are engaged in some kind of civil war.
I'm wondering how this affect a company's conscious to know their planes are being used to support some pretty sketchy governments.
- JVIDEL 12y agoUganda had to ask the US for jet fuel to be able to pursue Kony and his LRA, where are they going to get the money for new planes?
- mikecb 12y agoNo, I'm thinking more of stable governments which have reasonable defense budgets. That was meant to be captured by "Medium sized countries", but I guess not. Think South America, larger SE Asian economies, etc. This is all speculation, so meh.
- pjc50 12y agoYou don't get into the arms business if you worry about how they'll be used.