France can offer Russian "Mistral" Brazil, this choice of the potential buyer very real as opposed to articulated above options experts with the U.S., China and Canada, said associate Professor Pattersonovskoy school of diplomacy and international Commerce, military expert Robert Farley.
"The first two options are clearly unsuccessful. USA will not expend precious funds for shipbuilding, a large ship built abroad, and will not allow the export to China of advanced technologies to provide the capabilities of amphibious operations. Canada would be quite a viable option, however, the reluctance of Ottawa to increase military spending means the deal is extremely unlikely, "said Farley in his article for The National Interest, reports RIA" Novosti ". France and Brazil have long been associated in procurement in the military sphere. In 2000, Brazil has bought from France the aircraft carrier S

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