Scandium put his finger on it.
We, the Canauckians, don't need some world record running sub that can put deadly firepower outside the port of our worst enemy within a day. Actually right now the place we need seapower more than anywhere else, ironically, is within our own borders (sea borders
). Our northern passage through our arctic waters is an important route that shipping can take and is also right now being violated constantly by many nationalities without our consent. See the recent report of an American Nuclear sub that stationed itself without any real purpose inside Canadian waters. How's that for a slap in the face? No I think my original idea of that one that the Germans have got is better for us given our realistic Naval and political needs. We need to guard our borders and if anything have a recognizable presense in our less than recognized" waters. There is a precedent in international law that says if a sea lane is used for a certain period of time by other nationalities and is not policed by the nation which claims right over said area it becomes international waters and the entitled nation loses all rights to it (including whatever might be sitting underneath the sea bed). So that's the biggest threat to Canada's sovereignty. Oh and our good buddies the USA are doing their best to try and rob us of our entitled borders, once again. It's not 1812 but it still bugs the hell out of me.
I'll take a modern U-boat anyday. maybe we should call the first one the HMCS Kretschmer.:rotfl:
PS> Oh and its nice to seea thread where I can pull my weight as a Canuck. Arguing about the US can be rather tiresome.