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| Brazil approves sale of 100 missiles to Pakistan |
| 2008-12-03 |
| Brazilian authorities on Tuesday gave approval for the sale of 100 missiles to Pakistan which can be used in air-to-surface attacks on radar tracking instalations, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said. The MAR-1 medium-range missiles made by the Brazilian firm Mectron are tactical anti-radiation weapons whose existence was kept under wraps for many years, according to Jane's Information Group. |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #11 In 2006 the United States signed arms transfer agreements with Pakistan in excess of $3.5 billion. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-12-03 14:57 |
| #10 Not that I'm in any way approving of this, but $108 million in military aid is probably a drop in the bucket compared to what we've poured into that rat hole. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-12-03 14:35 |
| #9 Oh Dear! I'm afraid we're going to have to cancel that trip to Rio! |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-12-03 11:47 |
| #8 Just-reward for 'mission accomplished', eh? |
| Posted by: logi_cal 2008-12-03 10:09 |
| #7 and the Chinese jet planes.. Its still party time for Pak generals. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-12-03 09:10 |
| #6 Is that the same Pakistan what's been begging IMF for a loan? Well, the Paks were just taking a note from all the bailout applicants in Washington, except a missile purchase is their version of Year End Bonuses for their executives. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-12-03 08:40 |
| #5 Is that the same Pakistan what's been begging IMF for a loan? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-12-03 05:41 |
| #4 He dismissed suggestions that the transaction might be questioned in light of last week's Islamist extremist massacre perpetrated in Mumbai, India, which some Indian officials suspected was launched from within Pakistan. "Brazil negotiates with Pakistan, not with Pakistani terrorists," he said. "To cancel this deal would be to attribute terrorist activities to the Pakistani government." |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-12-03 05:38 |
| #3 Been reading too many Iran threads. Mistook Iran for Pakistan. And yes, there isn't a spit's worth of difference between the two. /Good night John Boy. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-03 01:41 |
| #2 I'm sure India will be happy to hear of this sale. /s |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-12-03 01:37 |
| #1 And who has a lot of radars around the Persian gulf? I guess we can keep this in mind the next time the Chileans are shopping for a nuke. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-12-03 01:27 |