Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Wanted: Nuclear submarine


Brazil's Defense Ministry has announced they are trying to buy military technology from France that would enable their country to have a nuclear submarine, the Associated Press reported.

Purchasing a diesel-powered Scorpene class sub would "serve as a model for the development of a nuclear submarine," said Defense Minister Nelson Jobim.

A Brazilian paper reported the exchange would be $600 million, paid over 20 years, which Jobim would not confirm.

Brazil, which already has five conventionally powered submarines, would be the first Latin American country to have a nuclear submarine.

Source: Associated Press

Photo: Nuclear submarine, militarypictures.info

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