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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
I wouldn't count to Americans and Britons having enough vessels for helping you in time of need. Ofcourse it can be questionable if British Royal Navy even have missiles onboard their vessels then.
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The only possible enemies of Canada in any type of armed conflict are likely Russia and China. Russia and China don't have the navies (even combined) to mount any type of serious threat to the East or Western North American coasts.
It's almost a guarantee that in any armed conflict with either of these nations that the US would guarantee the sovereignty and defence of Canada's coasts.
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And for what it needs that capability? With couple of LHDs and/or LPDs you are not going to do forced entry to anywhere without someone elses protection. Without escort they are just high price torpedo practice targets.
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Canada doesn't need to do any forced entries, nor would we have any capability to do so anyway.
The Wasps or San Antonio's I speak of would be to transport our troops and equipment to and fro from 'x' region when need be.
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That is unlikely to change with ship purchase. Unless you buy some own heavy transport aircraft you are still going to need Russians in future.
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LPD's and LHD's would cut a significant amount of need for Russia's air transport services moving forward.