Reply #24: There are better and cheaper ways

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even when it comes to submarines. The only advantage a nuke holds over a conventional sub is that it can travel long distances at high speed. If you are protecting oil rigs in your own waters, nukes gain you nothing.

And what exactly are you protecting your oil from? Brazil has to sell on the global market in order to profit from their oil - US companies can get all the Brazilian oil they want.