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| Author: | Dampe [ October 23rd, 2015, 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear sub? |
When I say "nuclear sub," I mean nuclear-armed. You know, with warheads and stuff? |
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| Author: | eswube [ October 23rd, 2015, 9:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear |
I suppose that it's basically just a matter of political decision (necessary to secure funding for moving from "being technically capable" to "actually doing it") and some time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_an ... estruction (I'm leaving aside an issue of any international treaties regarding the proliferation of nuclear weapons and of the sanctions that might - and most likely would, except for some extraordinary circumstances that would negate such treaties on a worldwide scale - occur had Brazil decided to violate or discard these treaties, as it's an issue completely separate from "technical/engineering" capabilities). |
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| Author: | Dampe [ October 26th, 2015, 1:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear |
Yeah, I read that page. What about a U-209? They have some of those, would it be a challenge to convert one to mount nuclear weapons? |
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| Author: | Blackbuck [ October 26th, 2015, 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear |
The question is why would you want to bother? There's nobody within Brazil's sphere of influence that would require a nuclear deterrent. |
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| Author: | Thiel [ October 26th, 2015, 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear |
You'd be limited to torpedoes and tube launched cruise missiles. |
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| Author: | TimothyC [ October 26th, 2015, 3:33 pm ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear | |
When I say "nuclear sub," I mean nuclear-armed.
Note: The following is filled with rectal extraction presumptions, and should not be taken seriously.You know, with warheads and stuff? The development of nuclear devices that can fit aboard a submarine is much more complex than the development of nuclear weapons in the first place. While you don't have to develop truly exotic systems (such as linear implosion) for the devices, you do have to miniaturize the components bellow what is needed for aircraft delivery and ballistic missile delivery. Due to the challenges this presents, I'd rank the task as "Very hard, and they would have to decide to do so, which is highly unlikely." This is driven home by the fact that their indigenous reactor program had major issues before being dropped in favor of imports. |
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| Author: | Dampe [ October 26th, 2015, 5:27 pm ] | |
| Post subject: | Re: How hard would it be for Brazil to get to get a nuclear | |
The question is why would you want to bother? There's nobody within Brazil's sphere of influence that would require a nuclear deterrent.
My Model UN teacher made a big mistake in not assigning me a partner for the Nuclear Weapons simulation.I should not be trusted to work alone. :3 |
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