Originally Posted by Kapitan (Post 1838966)

i could agree with that but it does depend on the type of role they wish to play, do they really want to go back to the 1920's or become more of a player or even sit on the fence.

The reason why i think canada needs SSK's is simple:

The have a border which is on the artic ocean,it is known forign submarines transit canadian waters and in some places are inaccessible to FFG or DDG's so realy imho they do need atleast 4 subs to maintain a watch in that area atleast

Originally Posted by Kapitan (Post 1838966)

i could agree with that but it does depend on the type of role they wish to play, do they really want to go back to the 1920's or become more of a player or even sit on the fence.

The reason why i think canada needs SSK's is simple:

The have a border which is on the artic ocean,it is known forign submarines transit canadian waters and in some places are inaccessible to FFG or DDG's so realy imho they do need atleast 4 subs to maintain a watch in that area atleast

Originally Posted by diluvian (Post 1839182)

We have the largest navy in the world, bigger than the next 13 on the list combined -- no ones going to be picking on our brothers to the north :cool:

Originally Posted by magicstix (Post 1839187)

Yeah, picking on the Canadians is our job. :>

Originally Posted by magicstix (Post 1839187)

Yeah, picking on the Canadians is our job. :>

Originally Posted by diluvian (Post 1839182)

We have the largest navy in the world, bigger than the next 13 on the list combined -- no ones going to be picking on our brothers to the north :cool: