巴西也许是世界上两个最先进的“发展中”国家之一,一个最近获得了史无前例的经济飞跃的国家,这使它有可能很快进入二十世纪后期。本文论及巴西通过它的国内军火工业和国际军火贸易的增长以及这种增长包含的新的科学技术的运用而获得的军事态势。作者在评论中谈到国家军火工业“巴西化”的全部意义。 Brazil may be one of the two most advanced “developing” countries in the world, a country that has recently enjoyed an unprecedented economic leap forward, making it likely to enter the late twentieth century quickly. This article addresses Brazil's military posture gained through the growth of its domestic arms industry and the international arms trade and the use of new science and technology embodied in such growth. In the comments, the author talked about the full significance of “Brazilization” of the national arms industry.