DefenceTalkBrazil and Russia could sign a contract on the delivery of Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense systems to the Latin American country as early as in the first half of 2015, Brazilian Ambassador to Russia Antonio Jose Vallim Guerreiro said on Wednesday. “We hope very much that the contract will be signed this semester because the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-to-sign-pantsir-s1-air-defense-deal-with-russia-by-mid-2015-62309/

DefenceTalkBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff told her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday that Brasilia was keen on obtaining air defenses from Moscow and cooperating on nuclear energy. Putin’s visit is part of an ambitious Latin American tour that has already taken him to Cuba and Argentina as he seeks to shore up support for his […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-interested-in-russian-air-defenses-rousseff-60157/

DefenceTalkBrazil’s Defense Ministry intends to discuss purchasing air defense systems from Russia during talks with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev later this month, the ministry said on Sunday. “We are interested in acquiring three batteries of Pantsir-S1 missiles and two batteries of Igla missiles,” General Jose Carlos De Nardi, head of the Joint Chiefs of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/brazil-wants-to-buy-russian-anti-aircraft-weaponry-46659/