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Dirty Little Secrets
The Little Wonder
Brazil has bought eleven F-5 fighters from Jordan, and is upgrading them to match the capabilities of the refurbished F-5s they already have. The F-5s is a 12 ton fighter roughly similar to the MiG-21. The F-5 is normally armed with two 20mm cannon, and three tons of missiles and bombs. The upgraded Brazilian aircraft is called the F-5EM and has modern electronics, making it capable to using long range air-to-air missile (the Israeli radar guided Derby, in addition to the heat-seeking Derby). A look-and-shoot helmet is also part of the upgrade. There is only one 20mm cannon, but lots of missiles and smart bombs.
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