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1997 Brazil Special Weapons News

1997

• BRAZIL / CHEMICAL WEAPONS Voice of America 4/29/97 BRAZIL HAS WELCOMED THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE TREATY BANNING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
• War Weary Ken Conca Brazzil.Com February 1998 -- Ambitious new programs propelled Brazil's defense sector to new heights in the early 1980s. Plans were laid to make Brazil the first Third World producer of several advanced weapons systems, including a state-of-the-art battle tank, a NATO-standard ground attack aircraft, a small nuclear submarine, and a satellite-launching vehicle with ballistic-missile capabilities.

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