Abstract: In an extremely short period, around ten years, Brazil changed itself from armament importer to exporter, being today a worry for traditional exporters. This success is mainly due to Armed Forces awareness of the convenience of reequiping theirselves without foreign support and, therefore,...

Abstract: In an extremely short period, around ten years, Brazil changed itself from armament importer to exporter, being today a worry for traditional exporters. This success is mainly due to Armed Forces awareness of the convenience of reequiping theirselves without foreign support and, therefore, of the advantages of founding a national armament industry. The painful economical situation, on the other hand, encouraged entrepreneurs to use the idle capability of their plants to produce armamento Besides that, the adjustment of brazilian armament to Third World countries' needs, as well as it low cost, are the main reasons for exploration success

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