Former President Ernesto Geisel admitted that we could create atomic bombs

As secret archives of the Armed Forces General Staff (EMFA) report, our former President Ernesto Geisel did indeed consider the possibility of Brazil developing its own atomic bombs during his term of office - from 1974 to 1979. One reason What led the former president to consider this was the likelihood that our Argentine neighbors would do the same and become a threat, instigating a war of continental proportions.

The general said on June 10, 1974, according to the documents, that the country had to "develop a technology for the use of nuclear explosion for peaceful purposes, which will allow us, even if necessary, to have our own weapon." This speech reproduction is part of the EMFA collection; excerpt that was recently released by the National Archives in Brasilia.

According to the statements, then-President Geisel made a point of addressing this nuclear possibility with the High Command. "Because of its important reflections on national security, I do not wish to close this exhibition without a special reference to the national policy for the use of nuclear energy, " he said. Another aspect that was considered by Geisel was the national economic progress; whether in the economic, military or alternative energy fields - that would benefit from the development of the weapon.

Fears about Argentina were heightened when they announced that they found uranium relatively easily; This should not be a problem for Brazil, considering the size of the national territory. However, the project was never completed, leaving only the intentions of the former president to the country. And you, how do you think this future would be if we had developed atomic bombs?