December 17, 2014

Brazilian Navy inaugurates shipyard at Itaguaí for nuclear-powered submarine





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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated a naval shipyard that will oversee construction of a nuclear-powered submarine and four others to patrol Brazil's long coastline and deepwater oil reserves.The project in southeastern Rio state, with the first vessel set for 2017 delivery, emerged from a $10 billion partnership with France dating from a 2008 agreement signed by then leaders Luiz Lula da Silva and Nicolas Sarkozy.


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