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Brownsville’s Billion-Dollar AI Shipyard | San Antonio News
Brownsville just landed a $3.2 billion AI-drone vessel deal with Saronic Technologies, set to transform its economy — but at a steep cost. The company gets $211 million in tax breaks in exchange for injecting $160 billion into the local economy and creating 10,000 jobs over a decade. Construction starts this year, operations by 2028. Officials tout it as a path out of poverty, but critics warn of environmental damage, displacement, and widening inequality. Some question the morality of building warships, while others fear corporate promises will lead to stagnant wages and concentrated power…
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