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Friday, November 11, 2011

Navy detects submarine off Venezuela: Chavez

Hugo ChavezPresident Hugo Chavez said Wednesday that his Navy detected a submarine in Venezuelan waters and that it quickly sped off.

The submarine was detected on Tuesday near the Venezuelan island of La Orchila in the Caribbean north of Caracas, where Venezuelan troops are participating in training drills near the island, Chavez told state television by telephone.

"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."

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