Brazil to place order for Pantsir next year

Brazilian Ambassador to Russia Jose Vallim Guerreiro told RIA Novosti that his country is to purchase the Pantsir air defense system as early as in the first half of 2016.

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Guerreiro had said earlier this year that the contract was to be signed this year. The tight fiscal situation in Brazil had prompted the delay.

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