São Paulo

Buy a Secondhand Aircraft Carrier at Your Own Risk

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Efforts from China, India, and others to purchase aircraft carriers from Russia and other countries have often resulted in long delays and expensive cost overruns....

Is the Brazilian Navy Making a Comeback?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Bottom line, Brazil’s navy craves ships normally meant for conventional naval warfare—but it craves them for eccentric reasons. In one sense the Marinha resembles...

Not For Sale: Brazil Won’t Sell Its Ancient Aircraft Carrier

In 2017, the Brazilian Navy changed course in a very big way. After a plan to retrofit its vintage carrier São Paulo, which would keep it in service until at...