Plan envisions first nuclear sub
From Times Wire Reports
Brazil is seeking to buy military technology from France that could help it become the first country in Latin America to have a nuclear submarine, the Defense Ministry said.
Defense Minister Nelson Jobim went to France to discuss purchasing a diesel-powered Scorpene class submarine that would “serve as a model for the development of a nuclear submarine,” said Defense Ministry spokesman Jose Ramos.
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