Brazil buys surplus Mirage 2000Cs from France

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Brazil buys surplus Mirage 2000Cs from France; 12 Mirage 2000Cs for $78 Million only!
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israeli	Oct 9 2005, 07:16 PM Post #1
Posts: 3,069 Group: Elite Member #22 Joined: July 13, 2004	damn... the Philippine Air Force should have known about those surplus French Mirage 2000Cs! http://english.people.com.cn/200507/14/eng...714_196071.html Brazil to buy 12 used fighter-bombers from France Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva will purchase 12 used Mirage fighter-bombers from France during his visit to the country, which started on Wednesday. The 12 Mirage 2000-Cs bombers, with a total value of 60 million euros (78 million US dollars), will replace the Mirage III-E/Br model currently in service in the Brazilian Air Force, whose service will end on Dec. 31. Besides the 60 million euros spent on the bombers, the Brazilian government will also pay 20 million euros (26 million dollars) for after-sale services, training and spare parts. The incoming planes will be based at the Anapolis air base, in Goias state, near the capital city of Brasilia. Source: Xinhua ----------- 1 September, 2005 Alencar confirms purchase of 12 used Mirage jets (Agęncia Brasil) Brasília - The vice-president and Minister of Defense, José Alencar, confirmed, yesterday (30), that Brazil purchased 12 used Mirage 2000 jets from France. The deal was negotiated during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's most recent visit to that country. The planes, which cost 60 million euros, will replace the Brazilian Air Force's (FAB) Mirages that will be retired at the end of this year, because they were considered obsolete and their modernization would be economically inviable. The FAB intended to buy latest generation fighters to substitute the Mirages, within the PX Project, which has been under development for several years in the Air Force, but the plan ran up against the high cost of new fighters (around US$ 700 million), as well as questions of technology. Alencar said that the planes that Brazil purchased should have a useful life of 10-15 years in the country, operating as part of the air defense system," until new technologies are incorporated." The planes are expected to arrive at the end of this year or in 2006, Alencar informed.
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