Breaking Defense: Brazil sails mostly alone in push to modernize submarine fleet in South America

 

"Brazil sails mostly alone in push to modernize submarine fleet in South America"

 Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Naval Warfare

Breaking Defense

18 October 2023

Originally published: https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/brazil-sails-mostly-alone-in-push-to-modernize-submarine-fleet-in-south-america/

WASHINGTON — Earlier this month the Brazilian Navy held a ceremony at the Itaguaí Naval Complex (ICN) in Rio de Janeiro for the first plate cutting to commence the construction of a nuclear-powered submarine — a historic step for the South American nation on a modernization journey it’s traveling mostly alone.

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