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By: - 6th June 2004 at 04:44 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I guess Mexicans can recognize quality when they see it:)
By: - 6th June 2004 at 04:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
By the way, a project of this scale could be worth billions.
This is not a simple "a/c order".
This is far larger than that.
By: - 6th June 2004 at 04:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
They might need a replacement for their F-5s soon ...
By: - 6th June 2004 at 04:54 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
when they just received their first Mi-8 helos, somebody ask why not the blackhawk instead?
the answer was...
because with the price of 1 blackhawk i can buy 12 Mi-8's... :eek:
so it is also true in peru, colombia, ecuador and few others in the region.
i did ride on those before and it was way cool :cool:
Camaro
By: - 6th June 2004 at 09:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Yeah....but the mexicans always said that their best helos are the Blackhawks....they manufacture G-3, HK-21 and MP-5, their SOF uses M-4, M-16A2, Barret rifles, M-24...., and they are one of the biggest users of Hummers around the world...they are getting boats from Israel and the US, Hawkeyes from Israel and Erieye mounted on a embraer...and trying to get more F-5 and Tucanos...wow they look like Poland in 1982 :D :D
BTW they also are trying to get some CH-53 from Israel....this guys are more russian style everyday... :cool: :cool:
By: - 6th June 2004 at 15:49 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
No big news imho. They needed a service and overhaul facillity for their russian eqipment, otherwise they would have to get rid of it in the near future.
Now they can make full use of their russian made equipment. Which is very good for them.
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By: SerbPVO - 6th June 2004 at 04:43
Someone asked whether Mexico would consider buying Chinese weapons, and later another person suggested that Mexico may be turning towards "Western"(whatever that is) arms...nothing could be further from the truth.
Read on...
Mexico Seeks Better Russia Military Ties
Thu Jun 3, 4:11 PM ET
By JOHN RICE, Associated Press Writer
MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox (news - web sites) says his country hopes to expand military cooperation with Russia, assembling some Russian helicopters in Mexico and importing a mixed civilian-military factory.
Speaking in the north-central state of Hidalgo on Wednesday, Fox said the arms issue would be "a principal topic" in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites), who arrives Monday.
Fox said possible projects include "the installation of a large maintenance center for helicopters" as the first step in a plan to assemble helicopters in the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz.
The Mexican president said he also hoped to sign an agreement with Putin for a plant that would assemble heavy machinery "for the military industry, heavy machinery for the construction industry, heavy and transport machinery for various uses that occur in a dynamic economy."
Fox said that factory was intended for Ciudad Sahagun, about 50 miles northeast of Mexico City.
The president mentioned the arms plans during a speech dedicated to regional economic development. He did not elaborate on the projects.
Mexico largely avoided Russian equipment during the Cold War.
But since the collapse of the Soviet Union, it has begun to incorporate some Russian equipment — notably transport helicopters — which is less expensive than that from the United States or most European suppliers.
Mexico's air force and navy use at least 56 Russian-made transport helicopters, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
Retired Gen. Luis Garcias Magana, a former federal congressman, said Mexico will have to carefully study which Russian material should be made here "because the investment is very high."
"Weapons and materiel such as helicopters — that is complicated because you not only have to bring the factory but also bring experts, as they did with former Soviets in Cuba, to train Mexican personnel," he said.
Marco Vicenzino, a Latin America specialist at the IISS Washington office, said the projects were not likely to create a problem with the United States.
"You're not talking missiles here," he said. "I don't see any major threat. It just gives competition for the market."