Brazilian navy plans a fleet of 20 subs, six nuclear powered
The Brazilian navy is planning to build and incorporate in the next decades a fleet of six nuclear powered and 20 conventional submersibles (15 new and five refurbished), making it the most dissuasive fleet of South America.
The navy’s three decade procurement plan and its program to develop submarines estimates the cost of building the first nuclear powered submarine in 2 billion Euros which already have been earmarked.
The first is always the dearest because of technology transfer and other capacities costs that must be paid to the French DCNS shipyard. However the costs of the following subs to be built in Brazil are estimated by the Brazilian Navy in 550 million US dollars.
President Lula da Silva is scheduled to visit in December the new facilities at the expanded Itaguí shipyard in Rio do Janeiro that will become home of the Brazilian submersibles industry, close to the new submarines base.
Conventional submarines will be built in two lots with a first batch of 15 new ones, of which four of them will be a reformed version of the French Scorpion with an additional 100 tons displacement and five metres longer.
The other five includes the current five submersibles that will be refurbished.
The five include four of the so called Tupi class based on German technology and a Tikuna class, which was developed by the Brazilian navy.
Currently the subs program has an order for four Scoroion under construction in France, a deal closed in 2008. The first one is scheduled to be delivered in the second half of 2016 and the rest in the period extending to 2021.
The Brazilian navy also reported that the Subs Development program means the integration of different branches.
One of them refers to having control over the whole uranium enrichment process to be used in the nuclear reactors: the uranium gas apparently is ready and has begun trials in the town of Iperó.
An estimated 40 tons annually can be produced once the plant begins full production next December. Total investment in the plant so far has been declared at 130 million USD.
Since discovering massive oil deposits offshore making Brazil a global oil and gas power, the country has been obsessed with protecting its resources,
President Lula da Silva launched an ambitious program to update and equip the three services, particularly the navy.
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26 subs is is double the size of there entire surface fleet.
gcreport.com/index.php/analysis/177-strategic-consequences-of-the-british-naval-budget-cuts
26 subs? I read 20 subs, and 5 of those 20 subs will be nuclear
we have no enemies anymore [according to Cameron and co,]
we want only peace, so brazil is being aggressive , just to help Argentina, two giant countries bullying a poor little peaceful island, disgusting we say disgusting ??? of to bed lol
Britain is reducing its fleet for the sake of being out of money.
26 subs? I read 20 subs, and 5 of those 20 subs will be nuclear”
You clearly have not read it right. 20 subs, six nuclear powered, 15 new conventional 5 current ones refurbished: 26 subs.
There is no source for the information. Other websites i have read before this news have commented on there future to build a new aircraft carrier by 2025, new landing ships and new frigates(from BAE or france) and one nuclear sub(french) these are all real deals that are happening, this seems plucked out the air.
Thirdly, 26 subs would be over double brazils current surface fleet(which in it's self, is insane.), I have not seen any news saying that brazil is doubling it's navy budget, but seems to be doubling it's navy? These things do cost money.
A navy with more subs than surface ships would be strange to say the least, well...quite insane really. They don't help against piracy much. Good at fighting other fleets but thats about it, thats the reason most navys have large surface fleets and much smaller sub fleets.
As for the subs expansion this article reports, I can understand your puzzlement - but that will be a gradual process: it is forecasted to extend up until 2047. Mercopress should really try to insert a bit more details into their articles.
www.band.com.br/jornalismo/brasil/conteudo.asp?ID=100000370552
Their abilities are not limited to the capabilities of the submarines. When submarines don't come back...............
Russian tech is old, but they've certantly done the most when it comes to subs.
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