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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Delivery of US jets: NSA scandal threatened Armor deal with Brazil

F/A-18 Super HornetBrazil urgently needs to modernize its fighter fleet. So far, the US aircraft were considered as the supplier of choice, but the deal has been stalled: the government in Brasília is upset about the US secret NSA spying programs.

The Ausspähaktionen of U.S. intelligence come the aircraft manufacturer Boeing may be costly. From anger about the behavior of the secret NSA Brazilian government to reconsider the purchase of U.S. fighter aircraft worth four billion dollars.

The country plans to modernize its fleet with 36 new fighter jets. As the clear favorite to date machinery of the F/A-18 “Super Hornet” of the U.S. aircraft company Boeing apply – also because the United States had previously bought Brazilian Embraer aircraft for use in Afghanistan.

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