The "Project for the first Brazilian Nuclear Propelled Submarine (SN-BR)" was formally launched in 2012, including explicit French assistance in development of the capability. To suggest this is a consequence of AUKUS is frankly farcical. marinha.mil.br/prosub/projeto…
The "Project for the first Brazilian Nuclear Propelled Submarine (SN-BR)" was formally launched in 2012, including explicit French assistance in development of the capability. To suggest this is a consequence of AUKUS is frankly farcical. marinha.mil.br/prosub/projeto…
@AlexLuck9 Quite the contrary: the Brazilian requested for nuclear propulsion in their tender and French Naval Group (then DCNS) made it explicit in their final bid that they only proposed classic propulsion: any development on nuclear prop would have to be strictly Brazilian