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Related: About this forumHISTORIC: Canada Chooses German Submarines - $100B Deal, Germany Surrenders Own Slots, USA OUT - House of El
Canada just made the largest defence procurement decision in its history and it chose Europe. By selecting Germanys Type 212CD submarine, Ottawa is not simply buying twelve boats; it is embedding Canada into a German-Norwegian strategic architecture for the next half century.
🇨🇦 Canada has selected Germanys ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build twelve Type 212CD submarines
⚓ The deal is expected to exceed $100 billion over its full lifecycle, including maintenance, weapons, infrastructure, and support
🇩🇪 Germany and 🇳🇴 Norway each surrendered one production slot so Canada can receive its first four submarines by 2034
🧊 The Type 212CD is optimized for Arctic and under-ice operations, making it central to Canadas northern defence strategy
🌍 Canada, Germany, and Norway will operate a combined fleet of twenty-four identical submarines a major NATO interoperability shift
🔋 The deal includes broader industrial links in LNG, critical minerals, Arctic infrastructure, torpedo production, and Indigenous partnerships
🛡️ This decision marks another step in Canadas strategic convergence with Europe from defence procurement to energy security
🇨🇦 Canada has selected Germanys ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build twelve Type 212CD submarines
⚓ The deal is expected to exceed $100 billion over its full lifecycle, including maintenance, weapons, infrastructure, and support
🇩🇪 Germany and 🇳🇴 Norway each surrendered one production slot so Canada can receive its first four submarines by 2034
🧊 The Type 212CD is optimized for Arctic and under-ice operations, making it central to Canadas northern defence strategy
🌍 Canada, Germany, and Norway will operate a combined fleet of twenty-four identical submarines a major NATO interoperability shift
🔋 The deal includes broader industrial links in LNG, critical minerals, Arctic infrastructure, torpedo production, and Indigenous partnerships
🛡️ This decision marks another step in Canadas strategic convergence with Europe from defence procurement to energy security
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HISTORIC: Canada Chooses German Submarines - $100B Deal, Germany Surrenders Own Slots, USA OUT - House of El (Original Post)
2naSalit
5 hrs ago
OP
this is what happens when your head of state (US) is the most unlikable bully around.
somaticexperiencing
5 hrs ago
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somaticexperiencing
(612 posts)1. this is what happens when your head of state (US) is the most unlikable bully around.
RetiredParatrooper
(273 posts)2. House of Derp
Diesel-Electric subs by definition are not 'optimized for under-ice operations'.
Dawson Leery
(19,610 posts)3. The world will not deal with an unstable nation.
vapor2
(5,203 posts)4. Anyone else consumed with both anger AND depression over his piss ass incompetence?