President Hugo Chavez told the media yesterday that his military forces detected a nuclear submarine near the island of La Orchila, where the Venezuelan military is currently conducting training."It was pursued. It escaped because it's much faster than ours," Chavez said, referring to Venezuela's diesel-powered submarines. He said that judging by its speed and size, "it's a nuclear-powered submarine."Chavez is correct - it is espionage.
Chavez said his government was unable to say what nation might have sent the sub. "We can't accuse anyone," Chavez said, adding that his government is investigating.
The leftist leader has long had tense relations with the United States, and has recently called the U.S. together with its European allies "the empires."
"Now you know how the empires are used to going around the Caribbean Sea and going everywhere, and they also use their satellites for espionage. It's espionage," Chavez said.
If this story is true, what is noteworthy is that the submarine CO apparently realized the submarine had been detected and was able to get his submarine away and disappear.
There is nothing to analyze from this incident without more information, but any detection of a possible US, UK, or French nuclear submarine that makes its way into the media under any circumstances is noteworthy.
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