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.- Lee bien lo que dice tu Sr. Ministro de defensa, y además no se refiere al SSN, si no al programa FX-2 y a los Rafales. Dice: que Francia es el único país que se ha mostrado dispuesto a compartir su tecnología bélica, luego no cambies a tu antojo las cosas. Saludos.
Mentira. Este asunto ya viene de lejos, desde el inicio del año y una de dos , o tu no tienes memoria, o te las das de sabio. Te voy a poner solo una, y no de Brasil, para que no se venga con la escusa que és mentira del Web.
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Jeb Blount, bloomberg.com, 21 December 2007
Brazil may team up with a French company to build a nuclear-powered submarine, part of plans to rearm the country’s
military, Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said. France is the most likely candidate to help Brazil develop military ship-building techniques to create submarines that can be fitted with a Brazilian-designed naval nuclear reactor, Jobim told reporters at the Angra dos Reis nuclear power station outside of Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil is seeking new warships to protect its expanding offshore oil reserves, resources that have transformed Brazil from an oil importer into an oil exporter, Jobim said. State- controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA said in November its Tupi offshore field may hold as much as 8 billion barrels of oil, one of the largest finds in the last 20 years.
“France is the most-likely candidate because they are willing to transfer technology to Brazil so we can build up our own defense industry,” the minister said. “Defense is something you need to do on your own; if you depend on others, it can be cut off when you need it.”
The minister will discuss the submarine plan, which envisions building facilities to construct most of the submarine in Brazil, when he meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in January, he said.
Jobim will also speak with U.S., Indian, Russian and Chinese defense contractors about military technology transfers in coming months. Brazilian companies such as Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA, or Embraer, the world’s fourthlargest aircraft manufacturer, are expanding their defense-contracting businesses.
Brazil would likely build a conventional submarine first, learning the naval construction techniques needed to build underwater craft, before building ships capable of using the Brazilian Navy’s home-grown nuclear reactors, and locally enriched nuclear fuel to power the craft.
Brazil, which abandoned its nuclear weapons program in 1990, has no intention of arming the submarine with anything
but conventional weapons, the minister said.
Most of Brazilian Navy is more than 25 years old. On Christmas Day 2000, Tonelero, a 1972 submarine built for Brazil
by the U.K.’s Vickers Ltd., sank in 9 meters of water at its dock in Rio de Janeiro. Sailors on the $150 million vessel
had left a valve open, creating toxic gasses and forcing them to abandon ship before they could stop the flooding.
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Brazil, Argentina and France join hands for submarine construction
+ - 11:19, February 25, 2008
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Brazil, Argentina and France will work together to develop submarines, visiting Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said Sunday.
Brazil and Argentina will set up a joint company to build the sub's nuclear reactor engine and France will help with non-nuclear submarine design, Jobim said.
The plan follows an agreement Friday between the presidents of Argentina and Brazil to jointly build a nuclear reactor.
Jobim said the agreement resulted in talks with his Argentine counterpart Nilda Garre and three military chiefs.
Argentina currently has two nuclear power plants, with a third under construction.
Brazil has the world's sixth-largest reserves of nuclear fuel uranium. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva, known by his nickname Lula, last year announced plans to revive Brazil's nuclear power industry, pledging to back these ideas with 540 million U.S. dollars.
Brazil had previously signed a strategic alliance with France that included submarine construction.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and Lula have agreed to meet every six months to review joint projects. They will next meet in Brazil's capital Brasilia.
Jobim traveled to France in January to explore buying a Scorpene class diesel submarine that could be used as a model for the sub.
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Saludos.
