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> nuclear arms race between Argentina and Brazil

Yeah, lol, the what now?

Anyway, Brazil has a working uranium enrichment facility, with public numbers, and as efficient as any modern one (what is way more efficient than anything from the time nuclear bombs were created).

What kind of secrecy are you stating that is stopping Brazil?





> Yeah, lol, the what now?

The late 1970s to early 1990s were an interesting time.


Oh, ok, that.

The comment doesn't really apply to that either. Germany and France were quite involved on that one, so it wasn't exactly secrecy that kept things slow. It was more due to the sheer unpopularity of the thing (on both sides) even between the people high-ranked enough to know about it.

I mean, by 85 Brazil had already a nuclear reactor in full activity. A reactor can get you enough plutonium for a bomb long before it's in full activity.




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