China's Missile Exports and Assistance to South America

China's Missile Exports and Assistance to South America

China has conducted relatively little missile-related trade with countries in South America. In the mid-1980s, China reportedly provided Brazil with liquid fuel and guidance technology in exchange for solid fuel technology, and China reportedly assisted Brazil in the development of its Scud-derived SS-300 missile, developed by Avibras. In the 1990s China has signed some agreements with Brazil relating to space launch technology cooperation, and China and Brazil's Avibras have formed a joint venture to develop the VLS Space Launch Vehicle. China also reportedly sold Argentina missile fuel. Generally, there has been little in the way of Chinese missile trade in South America, and no substantial international concern about Chinese contribution to missile proliferation in the region.

For more in-depth information on open-source reports of Chinese exports and assistance, please consult the CNS Missile Abstracts database.

CHINA'S MISSILE EXPORTS AND ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH AMERICA

COUNTRY	REPORTED AREA OF MISSILE ASSISTANCE FROM CHINA
ARGENTINA	Missile fuel (1995)
BRAZIL	Liquid fuel technology Missile guidance Missile technology: --SS-300 Space launch: --Joint satellite program --Launcher and satellite manufacturing technology VLS-SLV space launch vehicle (SLV)

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Last Updated June 1998

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