Brazil is another country that like Canada, has a vast territory with remote areas that have little to no infrastructure, which requires a plane that has „long legs“, robust, resilient and easy to maintain. Due to a scandal in which it was found out that the NSA was actively spying on Brazil’s president at the time, it also wanted a non-US fighter that was of Western origin. Finally, like Canada, Brazil has a relatively modest military budget for its size, so it needed a highly cost effective aircraft. So it adopted the Swedish Gripen-E, the same model that Canada is now considering.
By all reports, the Brazilian Air Force seems very satisfied with the purchase.
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Brazil is another country that like Canada, has a vast territory with remote areas that have little to no infrastructure, which requires a plane that has „long legs“, robust, resilient and easy to maintain. Due to a scandal in which it was found out that the NSA was actively spying on Brazil’s president at the time, it also wanted a non-US fighter that was of Western origin. Finally, like Canada, Brazil has a relatively modest military budget for its size, so it needed a highly cost effective aircraft. So it adopted the Swedish Gripen-E, the same model that Canada is now considering.
By all reports, the Brazilian Air Force seems very satisfied with the purchase.