Brazil developing nuclear powered submarine

Brazil developing nuclear powered submarine

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — Brazil will spend US$160 million by the end of next year on the development of a nuclear-propelled submarine to protect the oil reserves found recently off its coast, the defense minister said Friday.

The vessel — which officials hope to be complete by 2020 — would be the first nuclear-propelled submarine in Latin America. Brazil does not have nuclear weapons

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First nuclear powered sub built by a Latin American country is pretty significant I think.

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seems Brazil is doing so, to protect from likes of imperial US govt and their stooges