Brazil Tried to Sell One on eBay

The most recent Ford class aircraft carriers in the fleet were built at a cost to the US military of roughly $12.8 billion. Obviously, the US military has access to the best aircraft carriers available, and their technology is a little more advanced than that of other nations. However, this does not imply that an aircraft carrier in the UK, China, or Brazil was simply put together with duct tape and popsicle sticks.

They can occasionally be purchased for a discount for people who are interested in owning their own carrier. The Sao Paulo, owned by the Brazilian government, was put up for auction in 2019 with bids beginning at $1.25 million. The carrier had been purchased by the nation ten years earlier for more than $12 million from France. The carrier had been purchased by the nation ten years earlier for more than $12 million from France. That depreciation is fatal, just like with automobiles.

Being completed in 1963, when Brazil deactivated the ship in 2017, it was the oldest operational aircraft carrier in the world. Because of the extensive repairs that were required and a string of tragic incidents, including an explosion and a fire, Brazil had hardly ever been able to utilize it throughout the years that they had owned it. The ship was sold for scrap in 2021. A different carrier, the Minas Gerais, was attempted to be sold by the nation in 2003, but the ad was removed due to eBay's prohibition on the sale of military hardware.